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Detailed Synonyms for parity in English
parity:
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the parity
– functional equality 1 -
the parity
– (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 1the parity; the space-reflection symmetry; the conservation of parity; the mirror symmetry– (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 1 -
the parity
– (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 arrive 1the parity; the check bit; the parity bit– (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 arrive 1 -
the parity
– (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 1 -
the parity
– (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered 1 -
the parity
– The quality of sameness or equivalence, in the case of computers usually referring to an error-checking procedure in which the number of 1s must always be the same --either even or odd-- for each group of bits transmitted without error. 2