PARITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does parity mean?
• PARITY (noun)
The noun PARITY has 5 senses:
1. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
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
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
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
5. functional equality
Familiarity information: PARITY used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• PARITY (noun)
Meaning:
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
para; parity
Context examples:
the parity of the mother must be considered / a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children
Hypernyms ("parity" is a kind of...):
gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)
Domain category:
midwifery; OB; obstetrics; tocology (the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context example:
parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data
Hypernyms ("parity" is a kind of...):
mathematical relation (a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality))
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parity"):
evenness (the parity of even numbers (divisible by two))
oddness (the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two))
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
parity bit; check bit; parity
Hypernyms ("parity" is a kind of...):
bit (a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
conservation of parity; mirror symmetry; space-reflection symmetry; parity
Hypernyms ("parity" is a kind of...):
conservation ((physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Meaning:
Functional equality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("parity" is a kind of...):
equivalence (essential equality and interchangeability)
