ALL meanings of parity
par·i·ty
P p - noun parity the condition or fact of having borne offspring. 1
- noun parity para5 (def 1). 1
- noun Technical meaning of parity (storage, communications) An extra bit added to a byte or word to reveal errors in storage (in RAM or disk) or transmission. Even (odd) parity means that the parity bit is set so that there are an even (odd) number of one bits in the word, including the parity bit. A single parity bit can only reveal single bit errors since if an even number of bits are wrong then the parity bit will not change. Moreover, it is not possible to tell which bit is wrong, as it is with more sophisticated error detection and correction systems. See also longitudinal parity, checksum, cyclic redundancy check. 1
- noun parity equality 1
- noun parity times a woman has given birth 1
- uncountable noun parity If there is parity between two things, they are equal. 0
- variable noun parity If there is parity between the units of currency of two countries, the exchange rate is such that the units are equal to each other. 0
- noun parity equality of rank, pay, etc 0
- noun parity close or exact analogy or equivalence 0
- noun parity the amount of a foreign currency equivalent at the established exchange rate to a specific sum of domestic currency 0
- noun parity a similar equivalence between different forms of the same national currency, esp the gold equivalent of a unit of gold-standard currency 0
- noun parity equality between prices of commodities or securities in two separate markets 0
- noun parity a property of a physical system characterized by the behaviour of the sign of its wave function when all spatial coordinates are reversed in direction. The wave function either remains unchanged (even parity) or changes in sign (odd parity) 0
- noun parity a quantum number describing this property, equal to +1 for even parity systems and –1 for odd parity systems 0
- noun parity a relationship between two integers. If both are odd or both even they have the same parity; if one is odd and one even they have different parity 0
- noun parity (in the US) a system of government support for farm products 0
- noun parity the condition or fact of having given birth 0
- noun parity the number of children to which a woman has given birth 0
- noun parity the state or condition of being the same in power, value, rank, etc.; equality 0
- noun parity resemblance; similarity 0
- noun parity equivalence in value of one currency expressed in terms of another country's currency 0
- noun parity equality of value at a given ratio between different kinds of money, commodities, etc. 0
- noun parity a price for certain farm products, usually maintained by government price supports, designed to keep the purchasing power of the farmer at the level of a designated base period 0
- noun parity the condition existing between two integers that are both odd or both even 0
- noun parity a symmetry property of a wave function: expressed as +1 if no difference can be detected between the wave function and its mirror image, and as -1 if the wave function is changed only in sign 0
- noun parity the state or fact of having born offspring 0