parity
pronunciation
How to pronounce parity in British English:
UK [ˈpærəti]
How to pronounce parity in American English:
US [ˈpærɪti]
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- Noun:
- (obstetrics) the number of live-born children a woman has delivered
- (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
- (computer science) abit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arriv
- (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
- functional equality
Word Origin
- parity
- parity: see pair
- parity (n.)
- 1570s, "equality of rank or status," from Middle French parité (14c.) or directly from Late Latin paritas "equality," from Latin adjective par (genitive paris) "equal" (see pair (n.)). Meaning "condition in which adversaries have equal resources" is from 1955, originally in reference to the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.
Example
- 1. That would make it bigger than the us in purchasing power parity terms .
- 2. Is there parity between men and women in terms of promotion ?
- 3. For a president who badly needs to maintain the appearance of parity with germany in europe , this is quite a gesture .
- 4. It should also be stated that the next-generation ipad should be brought to parity or exceed the memory capabilities as its flagship phone counterpart .
- 5. Material standard of living is measured by gross domestic product per head at purchasing power parity .