parity
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- n (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
the parity of the mother must be considered - n (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
parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data - n (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
- n (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
- n functional equality
- Much of the structure of modern nuclear physics was erected on parity.
- The Senator from New Mexico talks about his career-long campaign for mental-health parity and the landmark legislation he's passed as part of the $700 billion congressional bailout .
- In Washington last week the farm bloc started playing patty cake with parity again.