parity
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1. functional equality (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | equivalence, |
| definition | : | essential equality and interchangeability (noun.attribute) |
2. (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 (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | conservation, |
| definition | : | (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | natural philosophy, physics, |
| definition | : | the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition) |
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 (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | bit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states (noun.quantity) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
4. (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 (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | mathematical relation, |
| definition | : | a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality) (noun.linkdef) |
| hyponym | : | evenness, |
| definition | : | the parity of even numbers (divisible by two) (noun.linkdef) |
| hyponym | : | oddness, |
| definition | : | the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two) (noun.linkdef) |
| domain category | : | math, mathematics, maths, |
| definition | : | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement (noun.cognition) |
5. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | gestation, maternity, pregnancy, |
| definition | : | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus (noun.state) |
| domain category | : | midwifery, ob, obstetrics, tocology, |
| definition | : | the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | parous, |
| definition | : | having given birth to one or more viable children (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | parous, |
| definition | : | having given birth to one or more viable children (adj.pert) |
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