1 | noun | (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered 2 | noun | (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 | noun | (computer science) a bit 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 arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error 4 | noun | (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 | noun | functional equality (5 meanings)

p'eruhtee (IPA: pˈɛrəti)

par-i-ty (6 letters | 3 syllables)

1572 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (453 years ago)

Middle French | Latin

parities

para | check bit | parity bit | conservation of parity | mirror symmetry | space-reflection symmetry (total: 6)

evenness | oddness

gestation | maternity | pregnancy | mathematical relation | bit | conservation | equivalence (total: 7)

austerity | charity | clarity | dexterity | disparity | familiarity | hilarity | insularity | irregularity | peculiarity | polarity | popularity | posterity | prosperity | rarity | ... (total: 25) (based on typical American pronunciation)

purity | rarity

(none among common words)

conservation of parity | parity bit | parity check

Spanish: | paridad (finance) French: | parité (finance) Portuguese: | paridade (finance) German: | Parität (finance) Japanese: | 平価 (common noun) | 比価 (common noun) | 経産 (common noun) | 奇遇性 (common noun)

parity.com | parity.net | parity.info

Correspondence | Equality (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)

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