First Known Use: 1608
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1parity
noun par·i·ty \ˈper-ə-tē, ˈpa-rə-\
plural par·i·ties
Definition of PARITY
1
: the quality or state of being equal or equivalent
2
a : equivalence of a commodity price expressed in one currency to its price expressed in another b : equality of purchasing power established by law between different kinds of money at a given ratio
3
: an equivalence between farmers' current purchasing power and their purchasing power at a selected base period maintained by government support of agricultural commodity prices
4
a : the property of an integer with respect to being odd or even <3 and 7 have the same parity> b (1) : the state of being odd or even used as the basis of a method of detecting errors in binary-coded data (2) : parity bit
5
: the property of oddness or evenness of a quantum mechanical function
6
: the symmetry of behavior in an interaction of a physical entity (as a subatomic particle) with that of its mirror image
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Origin of PARITY
Latin paritas, from par equal
2parity
noun
Definition of PARITY
: the state or fact of having borne offspring; also : the number of children previously borne
Origin of PARITY
-parous
First Known Use: 1878
Medical Dictionary
parity
noun par·i·ty \ˈpar-ət-ē\
plural par·i·ties
Medical Definition of PARITY
1
: the state or fact of having borne offspring <diagnosis of parity or nulliparity>
2
: the number of times a female has given birth counting multiple births as one and usually including stillbirths <gravidity and parity were highly correlated>—compare gravidity 2
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