parity

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[edit] Etymology

From French parité < Latin paritas < pār (equal)

[edit] Noun

Singular
parity

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural parities

parity (countable and uncountable; plural parities)

  1. (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
  2. (mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.
    Parity is always preserved in such operations.
  3. (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
    The particles' parities can switch at random.
  4. (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
  5. (medicine, countable) The number of times a woman has given birth.
  6. (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.

[edit] Antonyms

chirality

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