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parity¹

  • /ˈpæɹɪti/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈpaɹɪtɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈpæɹɪti/ US
  • /ˈpɛɹɪti/ US
  • /ˈpaɾɪte/ Scotland
  • /-tɪ/ Scotland
  • /-ti/ Scotland
  • /ˈpaɾɪti/ Wales

Sounds like parody (flapping, weak vowel merger) · Rhymes with -æɹɪti

Where it comes from

From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritās, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -ty.

noun parities

  1. uncountable Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
  2. 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. 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. countable, uncountable The count of one-valued bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
  5. countable Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
  6. countable In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
  7. countable, uncountable Resemblance; analogy.

Opposite: chirality

parity²

  • /ˈpæɹɪti/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈpaɹɪtɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈpæɹɪti/ US
  • /ˈpɛɹɪti/ US
  • /ˈpaɾɪte/ Scotland
  • /-tɪ/ Scotland
  • /-ti/ Scotland
  • /ˈpaɾɪti/ Wales

Sounds like parody (flapping, weak vowel merger) · Rhymes with -æɹɪti

Where it comes from

From Latin paritas, from pariō (“give birth”).

noun parities

  1. The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks.
  2. The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: parity bit, mirror symmetry, space-reflection symmetry, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, equality, comparability, equal, matching, equalization, mainstreaming, reciprocity, equilibrium, balance, equalizer

noun

Opposite: chirality

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noun math: classification into one set or the other

Españolparidad
हिन्दीसमता samtā
Portuguêsparidade
Françaisparité
Italianoparità
Русскийпарите́т paritét

noun equality, comparability

Españolparidad
Portuguêsparidade
Françaisparité
DeutschParität
Italianoparità
Русскийпарите́т paritét, ра́венство rávenstvo

noun math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets

Españolparidad
हिन्दीसमता samtā
Portuguêsparidade
Françaisparité
Italianoparità
Русскийпарите́т paritét

noun physics: symmetry of interaction

中文宇稱 /宇称 yǔchèn
DeutschParität
Русскийчётность čótnostʹ

noun the number of times a sow has farrowed

中文胎次
Portuguêsnúmero de parições
DeutschParität, Graviditätszahl
Русскийчи́сленность пото́мства číslennostʹ potómstva

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@misc{parity_2026,
  title = {parity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}