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parity Definition
(n) (
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
"
(n) (
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
(n) (
computer
science
)
abit
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
arriv
(n) (
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
(n)
functional
equality
parity Synonyms
check bit
conservation of parity
mirror symmetry
para
parity
parity bit
space-reflection symmetry
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