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countable and uncountable, plural parities
(uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. quotations examples
Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
2000 April 26, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Delta Guide, Pearson Education, unpaged
For all their frailty at the back, Arsenal possessed genuine menace in attack and they carved through Chelsea with ease to restore parity nine minutes before half-time. Aaron Ramsey's pass was perfection and Gervinho took the unselfish option to set up Van Persie for a tap-in.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
Senses related to classification into two sets.
(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. examples
(mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets. examples
(computing) The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one. examples
(physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion. examples
(games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board. examples
Resemblance; analogy. examples
plural parities
(medicine, countable) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks examples
(agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed. examples