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parity - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'parity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Parity [ n.]
- The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.

Meaning of 'parity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . parity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
Example in sentence:
  • a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children;
  • the parity of the mother must be considered
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
Example in sentence:
  • parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data