parity


Meanings

  • (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered;
    • "the parity of the mother must be considered"
  • (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"
  • (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
  • (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
  • functional equality
  • PARITY n pl. -TIES equality


Scrabble Score: 11

parity is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

parity is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

parity is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

parity is a valid Words With Friends word