parity definition parity meaning and parity synonyms
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| Meaning 1 | (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered |
| Synonym | para |
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| Usage | the parity of the mother must be considered a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children |
parity definition parity meaning and parity synonyms
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| Meaning 2 | (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 |
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| Usage | parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data |
parity definition parity meaning and parity synonyms
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| Meaning 3 | (computer science) a bit 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 arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error |
| Synonym | parity bit, parity, check bit |
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parity definition parity meaning and parity synonyms
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| Meaning 4 | (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 |
| Synonym | conservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry, mirror symmetry |
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parity definition parity meaning and parity synonyms
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| Meaning 5 | functional equality |
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