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Definition: Disparity |
DisparityNoun1. Inequality or difference in some respect. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disparity" was first used: sometime around 1555. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | The algebraic sum of the values of the departure from notional zero level of one or more consecutive signal elements forming a defined group. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Failure of the two retinal images of an object to fall on corresponding retinal points. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DisparitySynonyms: difference, disproportion, dissimilitude, unlikeness. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difference | Noun: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity; disagreement; disparity; (inequality); distinction, contradistinction; alteration. modification, permutation, moods and tenses. |
Disagreement | Disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness; Adjective: variance, divergence, repugnance. |
Dissimilarity | Noun: dissimilarity, dissimilaritude; unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance; divergence, variatioNoun: difference; novelty, originality; creativeness; oogamy. |
Inequality | Noun: inequality; disparity, imparity; odds; difference; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make-weight; superiority; inferiority; inequation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Disparity |
| English words defined with "disparity": Disparities ♦ far cry, fraud in the factum ♦ gap, gulf ♦ Imparity ♦ Silk spider, spread ♦ tragicomic, tragicomical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "disparity": analogue simultaneous data/voice ♦ Berry circles, Berry's circles ♦ retinal disparity ♦ solid vision ♦ twin paradox ♦ Vision Disparity. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | However, some clear examples exist of disparity in the epidemiology of the two diseases. (references) | |
Levin, M.L., des Vignes, F., & Fish, D. (1999). Disparity in the natural cycles of Borrelia burgdorferi and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. (references) | ||
Business | Many analysts note that the dynamic free-market economic conversion process, begun by President Menem in 1991, has increased income disparity significantly, which in turn has resulted in increased crime rates. (references) | |
Economic History | Belgium | This disparity began to fade during the interwar period. (references) |
Cyprus | The economic disparity between the two communities is pronounced. (references) | |
Brazil | Differences in earnings are caused in part by the regional disparity in educational attainment and in the availability of skilled workers. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | Federal and state government leaders agreed in November 2000 to promote the economic welfare of indigenous people and reduce economic disparity. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | There are wide disparities among states and some gender disparity, especially in the southern, eastern, and western regions. (references) |
Guatemala | There is a marked disparity in income distribution, and poverty is pervasive, particularly in the large indigenous community. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belarus | The disparity between these polls and the official results, which gave Lukashenka 75 percent of the vote and Goncharik 15 percent, suggest widespread manipulation of the totals. (references) |
Trade | Cote D'ivoire | The agreement known as OHADA (Organization pour l'Harmonization en Afrique du Droit des Affaires) harmonizes a broad range of legal systems which previously covered a wide disparity in business law, codes, rules, regulations and local conventions affecting business. (references) |
Women | Luxembourg | The Government cites the interruption in the careers of women caused by childbirth and their maternal roles as one reason for the disparity. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dennis Miller | Disparity among nations has been around forever, but only now is there a push to do something about it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Disparity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disparity" is used about 221 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 221 | 20,297 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "disparity": disparity in age ♦ retinal disparity ♦ Vision Disparity. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "disparity": paired-disparity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "disparity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pabarazi (imparity, inequality, unevenness), ndryshim (alteration, amendment, change, difference, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, distinction, inflection, inflexion, innovation, manipulation, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, permutation, recast, reversal, reverse, shift, shifting, switch, transit, transition, turn, variation), mospajtim (contradiction, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, incongruity, non-compliance), kontrast (contraposition, contrast, foil, opposition, set off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فارق (difference, discriminating, distinction), غير متساو (incommensurate, unequable, unequal, unlike), تفاوت (contrast, difference, disproportion, inequality, variance, vary), تباين (chasm, contrast, dissimilarity, inequality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | несъразмерност (disproportion, incommensurability, inequality), несъответствие (disagreement, discordance, discrepancy, dissonance, gap, inadequacy, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inconformity, incongruity, nonconformity, unconformity), неравенство (imparity, inequality, odds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 差距 (gap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | disparita, rozdílnost (dissimilarity, divergence, divergency), rozdíl (deficiency, difference, differential, distinction, divide, excess, gulf, odds, variance, variety), nerovnost (bump, inequality, odds, roughness, unevenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | disparition (disparation, retinal disparity), disparitet, ulighed (inequality, inequation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dispariteit (disparation, retinal disparity), ongelijkheid (inequality, skew, skewness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناجوری (Discordance, Incoherence, Inconsistency, Inconvenience, Unlikelihood), عدم توافق (Discordance, Maladjustment, Odds, Variance), اختلاف (Cross, Difference, Discord, Discrepancy, Dissension, Friction, Inequality, Quarrel, Schism, Variance, Variation, Versatility), بی شباهتی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ero (difference, discharge, distinction, divorce, parting, resignation, retirement, separation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | disparité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungleichheit (difference, dissimilarity, diversity, imbalance, imparity, inequality, odds, unevenness), Disparität (inequality), Verschiedenheit (difference, differentness, dissimilarity, diverseness, diversity, variety, variousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανισότητα (inequality, odds, unevenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שו י (difference, variance, variation), פער (gap, opening), אי שויון (inequality, odds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyenlőtlenség (disproportion, inequality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | disparitas, perbedaan (chasm, contradiction, contrariety, contrast, difference, differentiation, discrimination, dissent, dissidence, distinction, divergence, diverification, variation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | disparit (dissimilarity, inequality, oddness, odds, unevenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '輊 (high and low), 差 (qualitative difference), 差異 (difference), 不釣り合い (asymmetry, imbalance, unbalance), 不釣合い (asymmetry, imbalance, unbalance), 不等 (inequality), 不均衡 (imbalance, inequality, out of balance), 不均等 (imbalance, inequality, out of balance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さい (ability, again, alas!, aptitude, circumstances, companion, cut, debt, difference, genius, gift, hold, how!, judge, loan, my son, on the occasion of, planting, re-, repeated, rhinoceros, son, talent, the extreme, the most, what!, -years-old), ふき""う (imbalance, inequality, out of balance), ふき"とう (imbalance, inequality, out of balance), ふつりあい (asymmetry, imbalance, unbalance), ふとう (ice-free, impropriety, indomitableness, inequality, inflexible, injustice, invalid, nonparticipation, pier, tenacity, unbending, undeservedness, unfair, unreasonableness), かくさ (qualitative difference, range), け"ち (high and low, land survey, point of view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 격차 (Disparities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neureggyraght (imcompatibility), neuchormid (inadequacy, inequality, patchiness, unevenness), meereggyraght (incongruity, irresponsibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ulikhet (inequality), forskjell (difference, distinction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isparityday disparidade (discrepancy, imparity, odds). (various references) disproporţie (disproportion), disparitate, diferenţã (difference, disagreement, dissimilarity, distinction, observance, odds, otherness), deosebire (chasm, contradistinction, difference, differentiation, discrimination, dissimilarity, distinction, otherness, separation), inegalitate (inequality, patchiness), eterogenitate (heterogeneousness). (various references) несоразмерность (disproportion), несоответствие (disagreement, discomformity, disconformity, discrepancy, disharmony, inapplicability, inaptitude, incongruity, ineptitude, unconformity, variance), неравенство (imparity, inequality, odds). (various references) disparitet, različitost (dissimilarity, imparity). (various references) disparidad (differentness, gap, imparity, variousness). (various references) skillnad (difference, distinction, inequality, odds), olikhet (difference, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, diversification, imparity, inequality). (various references) uyumsuzluk (clash, discord, discordance, disharmony, dissonance, divided counsel, inadaptability, incompatiblity, inconsistency, inconsonance, maladjustment, mismatch, unconformity), farklılık (discrepancy, dissimilarity, diversity, excursion, inequality, variety), fark (cachet, contradistinction, difference, differentiation, distinction, distinctness, gap, odds, variation), eşitsizlik (imparity, inequality, unevenness). (various references) відмінність (contrast, difference, disagreement, divergence, divergency, diversity, otherness), невідповідність (contradiction, disaccord, discordance, discrepancy, disharmony, imbalance, incongruity, maladjustment, non-compliance, nonconformity, overproportion, unconformity). (various references) sự không bằng nhau (inequality), sự không bình đẳng, sự khác biệt (remove), sự chênh lệch (imparity), sự cách biệt sự không tương ứng. (various references) anghyfartaledd (inequality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dis-. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | disparitatem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Disparity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cisparide, desparity, despartie, dispairity, dispaity, disparat, disparaty, disparit, disparite, disperity, dispersity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disparity" (pronounced di'spe"rutē) |
| 7 | -s p e" r u t ē | prosperity. |
| 6 | -p e" r u t ē | parity. |
| 5 | -e" r u t ē | austerity, charity, clarity, dexterity, familiarity, hilarity, insularity, irregularity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, posterity, rarity, regularity, severity, similarity, sincerity, solidarity, temerity, unfamiliarity, unpopularity, Verity, vulgarity. |
| 4 | -r u t ē | alacrity, authority, barbarity, celebrity, dissimilarity, immaturity, impurity, inferiority, insecurity, integrity, majority, maturity, mediocrity, minority, obscurity, particularity, priority, purity, security, seniority, sorority, superiority, supermajority, surety. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, centrality, chastity, civility, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, mendacity, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, partiality, passivity, paternity, paucity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polity, pomposity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, proximity, publicity, punctuality, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, selectivity, senility, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, sexuality, simplicity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidity, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: rapidity, sapidity. | |
-2 letters: aridity, diapirs, diarist, dispart, satyrid. | |
-3 letters: diapir, parity, pastry, rapids, rapist, saiyid, sparid, spirit, stripy, tapirs, triads, yairds. | |
-4 letters: adits, airts, artsy, astir, atrip, dairy, daisy, darts, diary, dirts, dirty, ditas, ditsy, drats, drays, drips, dript, irids, padis, padri, pairs, pardi, pards, pardy, paris, parts, party, pasty, patsy, pitas, prats, prays. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: stipendiary. | |
+4 letters: pharyngitides, spreadability. | |
+5 letters: disciplinarity, hyperacidities, presidentially. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 70 61 72 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .--. .- .-. .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110000 01100001 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s p a r i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0070 0061 0072 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387585826784758691 |
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