Parity

Definitions: Parity

Parity

Noun

1. (obstetrics) the number of live-born children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children".

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) an error detection procedure in which a bit (0 or 1) 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.

Date "parity" was first used: 1572. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Parity

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Parity An extra bit added to a byte or word to reveal errors in storage (in RAM or disk) or transmission. Even (odd) parity means that the parity bit is set so that there are an even (odd) number of one bits in the word, including the parity bit. A single parity bit can only reveal single bit errors since if an even number of bits are wrong then the parity bit will not change. Moreover, it is not possible to tell which bit is wrong, as it is with more sophisticated error detection and correction systems. See also longitudinal parity, checksum, cyclic redundancy check. (1996-03-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	A symmetry property of a wave function.The parity is 1 (or even) if the wave function is unchanged by an inversion (reflection in the origin) of the coordinate system; it is -1 (or odd) if the wave function is changed only in sign. (references)
Census	Parity is the number of children ever born to a woman. In some cases, use of the term "parity" provides a less cumbersome expression, e.g., "two-parity women" as opposed to "women with two children ever born." (references)
Economics	1. Equality in amount or value. 2. Equivalence of prices of goods or services in different markets 3. The relationship between two currencies such that they are exchangeable for each other at par or at the official rate of exchange. 4. Equivalence of prices of farm products (or farm income) to those existing at a former time, or to the general cost of living. (references)
Finance	The official exchange rate against another currency. Source: European Union. (references)
	Equality in amount, status or character. In futures trading, it is the situation in which cash and futures contracts are selling at equivalent yields. (references)
Health	The number of offspring a female has borne. It is contrasted with gravidity, which refers to the number of pregnancies, regardless of outcome. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
PALM	English	Parity alarm	Post & Telecom
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Equality	Noun: equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level.
Similarity	Noun: similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; agreement; analogy, analogicalness; correspondence, homoiousia, parity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
References	Parity Group plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Crisp and Soft Computing With Hypercubical Calculus: New Approaches to Modeling in Cognitive Science and Technology With Parity Logic, Fuzzy Logic, a (reference) George N. Peek and the Fight for Farm Parity (reference) International Parity Conditions: Theory, Econometric Testing and Empirical Evidence (reference) Parity and War: Evaluations and Extensions of the War Ledger (reference) Parity of the Sexes (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	8X36-60 32MB FPM PARITY SIMM (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	For he only meant to observe what parity there was in our natures.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Parity for mental health conditions in insurance plans is essential. (references)
		While age, gender, and parity are established risk factors, many other factors have been suggested but not rigorously proven. (references)
		There is no association between parity and bone mass. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support changing the current recommendation of calcium intake for well-nourished pregnant women. (references)
Economic History	Poland	It obtains the foreign currency from banks at the market rate, which usually is close to the official parity rate. (references)
	Argentina	Legislation enacted in June 2001 calls for a move to back the Peso with the Dollar and the Euro (value equal to the arithmetic average of the two currencies), but only after the Euro reaches parity with the Dollar. (references)
	Argentina	The basket will be implemented when the Euro reaches parity with the dollar. (references)
Political Economy	Slovenia	The economy provides citizens with a good standard of living; per capita income was $9,461 (2,351,650 tolars), or $16,900 at purchasing price parity. (references)
	Cyprus	This band was widened to plus or minus 15.0 percent since January 1, 2001, but the Central Bank continues to aim at maintaining the parity within the narrow (2.25 percent) band, using the wider (15.0 percent) band only in exceptional circumstances. (references)
	THE BAHAMAS	The Bahamian dollar is pegged to the U.S. dollar at an exchange rate of 1:1, and the Bahamian government is committed to maintaining parity. (references)
Political Rights	Switzerland	In March 2000, an initiative that would have required gender parity in the National Council was rejected by 81.9 percent of the voters. (references)
Trade	Argentina	It does not affect the convertibility plan, which established a parity of 1 peso to 1 US$ (1:1). (references)
	Senegal	Parity and fixed convertibility are guaranteed by the French Treasury. (references)
Worker Rights	Austria	At the center of the system is the Joint Parity Commission for Wages and Prices, which has an important voice on major economic questions. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	388	14,252

Country	Name
United Kingdom	Parity Group plc
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "parity": by parity of reasoning ♦ conservation of parity ♦ even parity ♦ green parity ♦ inbound voice sample parity ♦ longitudinal parity ♦ non parity ♦ parity alarm ♦ parity bit ♦ parity check ♦ parity checking ♦ parity digit ♦ parity error ♦ parity errors ♦ parity of the dollar ♦ parity value ♦ uneven parity. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "parity": parity-violation.
	Ending with "parity": pay-parity, zero-parity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day
parity	73
purchasing power parity	42
mental health parity	29
file parity	24
act parity	13
error parity	13
error memory parity	12
par2 parity	12
interest rate parity	11
america parity	11
put call parity	10
parity check	9
parity bit	8
check error memory nmi parity parity	7
file par2 parity	6
par parity	6
check code density low parity	5
check nmi parity	5
1996 act health mental parity	4
law parity	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "parity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		paritet, barazi (equability, equality, equally, equilibration, evenness, par, symmetry). (various references)

Arabic		‏كثرة الإنجاب, ‏مساواة (equality, equivalence, evenness), ‏تكافؤ (evenness), ‏تساو (equality, equivalence), ‏تعادل القيمة, ‏تشابه (bear, correspondence, like, likeness, look alike, propinquity, resemblance, resemble, similarity), ‏الإنجابية. (various references)

Bulgarian		съответствие (accordance, adequacy, agreement, appropriateness, aptness, conformity, congruence, correspondence, fit, parallel, parallelism, pendant, tally), равноценност, равенство (equality, par), нормален курс, еднаквост (equality, identity, oneness, sameness, uniformity), аналогия (analogy, parallel), прилика (affinity, conformity, kindred, kinship, likeness, parallelism, propinquity, resemblance, similarity, similitude), подобие (analogue, analogy, effigy, likeness, portrait, propinquity, replica, semblance, shadow, similarity, similitude, simulacrum), паритет. (various references)

Chinese		同等 (tantamount), �"價 (price relations, rate of exchange). (various references)

Czech		parita (par), stejnost, shoda (accord, accordance, agreement, community, compliance, concord, conformity, congruence, conjuncture, correspondence, Deuce, harmony, oneness, unanimity, understanding, union, unity), rovnost (equality, par). (various references)

Danish		pariværdi (par value), paritetskurs (par value), paritet mellem valutaer (currency parity), paritet (par value), gennemsnitsfødselstal, ,pari. (various references)

Dutch		pariteit (draw, equality, par value). (various references)

Esperanto		pareco. (various references)

Farsi		تساوی (Equality, Par), تعادل (Equilibrium, Par), زوج بودن , جفتی (Binary), برابری (Comparison, Equality, Equation, Oneness, Par, Parallelism, Tie). (various references)

Finnish		pariteetti. (various references)

French		parité (par value). (various references)

German		parität (equality, par of exchange). (various references)

Greek		ισοτιμία (equivalence, equivalent, par, par value). (various references)

Hebrew		שויון (equality, equalization, evenness), שווי (comparison, equalization, imparting, value, worth), שוות (equality). (various references)

Hungarian		paritás, egyezés (accord, concord, conformity, correspondence), egyenlőség (equality, par), egyenértékűség (equivalence). (various references)

Indonesian		keseimbangan (balance, equilibrium). (various references)

Italian		parit� (equality, par, par value, tie). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		パリア犬 (pariah dog, Paris club, Paris Collection, parisien, parisienne, parity check, the Paris Commune), �"価 , 平価 (normal prices, par). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		パリティ , ひか (dirge, elegy, mournful melody, subcutaneous), へいか (arms, branch of the army, fire caused by war, normal prices, par, ravages of war, soldier, strategist, swords, tactician, warfare, your Majesty). (various references)

Korean		동�"�. (various references)

Pig Latin		aritypay

Portuguese		paridade (par, par value). (various references)

Romanian		paritate (par, par of exchange), paralelism (parallelism), egalitate (conformity, draw, equality, identity, par, regularity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, tie, uniformity), analogie (analogy, levelling, likeness, parallel, parallelism, similarity). (various references)

Russian		четность (evenness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		paritet, jednakost (equality, even, par, sameness). (various references)

Spanish		paridad (equality, par, par value). (various references)

Swedish		paritet (XOR-problem). (various references)

Turkish		parite, eşitlik (egalitarianism, equality, equalization, equation, equivalence, equivalent, evenness, par), benzerlik (affinity, analogy, approach, community, comparison, conformity, congeniality, identity, kinship, likeness, mimicry, parallel, parallelism, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similar, similarity, similitude). (various references)

Ukranian		рівність (egality, equability, equality, evenness, flatness, owelty, par, straightness), паралелізм (parallelism), паритет. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự ngang h� ng, sự ngang bậc sự tương đương sự tương tự. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "parity": disparity, imparity, viviparity. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Parity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apity, Apritz, arity, farity, Garrity, Kafity, Pacitti, pahit, pairy, Paproth, parat, parata, Parati, paraty, paratype, Paretti, paridy, Parit, parkit, Parlt, Parouty, parrity, partei, parti, Partiya, partty, Peareth, periti, Poritt, Porrit, prait, Prakit, Prakrit, prarity, Prasith, prioty, Priti, Pritty, prity, prrrit, puritry. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "parity" (pronounced pe"rutē)
6	p e" r u t ē	disparity, prosperity.
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-i-p-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: atrip, party, tapir.
	-2 letters: airt, airy, arty, pair, part, paty, pita, pity, prat, pray, rapt, tarp, trap, tray, trip.
	-3 letters: air, ait, apt, art, par, pat, pay, pia, pit, pry, pya, rap, rat, ray, ria, rip, rya, tap, tar, tip, try, yap, yar, yip.
	-4 letters: ai, ar, at, ay, it, pa, pi, ta, ti, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-p-r-t-y"
	+1 letter: biparty, topiary.
	+2 letters: apyretic, asperity, imparity, paltrily, papistry, partying, podiatry, polarity, pterygia, rapacity, rapidity, sparsity, triptyca.
	+3 letters: antiparty, apriority, baptistry, depravity, disparity, expiatory, interplay, painterly, palmistry, paralytic, partially, paternity, patrimony, piscatory, pituitary, planarity, plurality, pratingly, predacity, primality, privately, profanity, sympatric, triptycas.
	+4 letters: anisotropy, antipiracy, antipyrine, atrophying, baptistery, bipolarity, capitulary, depilatory, depositary, epistolary, expiratory, hermatypic, hypertonia, impartibly, importancy, interparty, interplays, karyotypic, multiparty, outpraying, panegyrist, paralytics, partiality, partisanly, patriarchy, patronymic, pigmentary, pityriases, pityriasis, playwright, popularity, portraying, profitably, psychiatry, sympatries, tropically, tryptamine, viviparity.
	+5 letters: antileprosy, antiphonary, antipoverty, antipyreses, antipyresis, antipyretic, antipyrines, applicatory, bipartitely, capillarity, cardiopathy, coplanarity, corporality, cryptarithm, cryptically, cryptogamic, cryptomeria, disparately, drapability, exemplarity, explicatory, hydropathic, hyperactive, hyperacuity, hyperstatic, hypertonias, hypogastric, hypothermia, impartially, importantly, imprecatory, inculpatory, inspiratory, interplayed, karyotyping, lithography, macrophytic, misanthropy, multiplayer, operability, operatively, panegyrists, parathyroid, paratyphoid, parfocality, partibility, partitively, patronymics, peculiarity, perinatally, personality, pertinacity, petitionary, pharyngitis, physiatrist, pictography, pictorially, piratically, platyrrhine, playwrights, playwriting, polarimetry, portability, postprimary, practicably, practically, prattlingly, predicatory, predictably, predynastic, preliterary, prematurity, presynaptic, primatology, privatively, probability, prodigality, prokaryotic, proprietary, proximately, psychiatric, pyrargyrite, pyroclastic, respiratory, retinopathy, rhinoplasty, saprophytic, specularity, spiritually, spiritualty, stipendiary, stipulatory, sympathizer, tapestrying, temporality, temporarily, tetraploidy, trophically, tryptamines, typographic.
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Language	Period	Translations
Late Latin	300-700	paritas. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parity

Definitions: Parity

Parity

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Parity

Specialty Definition: Parity

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Parity

Synonyms: Parity

Synonyms within Context: Parity

Equality

Similarity

Crosswords: Parity

Commercial Usage: Parity

References

Books

High Tech

Use in Literature: Parity

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: Parity

Usage Frequency: Parity

Usage in Company Names: Parity

Parity Group plc

Expressions: Parity

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Parity

parity

purchasing power parity

mental health parity

file parity

act parity

error parity

error memory parity

par2 parity

interest rate parity

america parity

put call parity

parity check

parity bit

check error memory nmi parity parity

file par2 parity

par parity

check code density low parity

check nmi parity

1996 act health mental parity

law parity

Modern Translations: Parity

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Derivations & Misspellings: Parity

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