Definitions for parity

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parity par·i·ty

Spelling: [par-i-tee]

IPA: /ˈpær ɪ ti/

Parity is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in parity (aiprty).

Definitions for parity

noun

1. equality, as in amount, status, or character.
2. equivalence; correspondence; similarity; analogy.
3. Finance. equivalence in value in the currency of another country. equivalence in value at a fixed ratio between moneys of different metals.
4. Physics. a property of a wave function, expressed as +1 or −1 and noting the relation of the given function to the function formed when each variable is replaced by its negative, +1 indicating that the functions are identical and −1 that the second function is the negative of the first. Also called intrinsic parity. a number +1 or −1 assigned to each kind of elementary particle in such a way that the product of the parities of the particles in a system of particles multiplied by the parity of the wave function describing the system is unchanged when particles are created or annihilated.
5. a system of regulating prices of farm commodities, usually by government price supports, to provide farmers with the same purchasing power they had in a selected base period.
6. Computers. the condition of the number of items in a set, particularly the number of bits per byte or word, being either even or odd: used as a means for detecting certain errors.
7. the condition or fact of having borne offspring.
8. para5 (def 1).

Origin of parity

From the Late Latin word paritās, dating back to 1565-75. See par¹, -ity

Examples for parity

With us, able to live off ourselves, there is more approach to parity.

The Icelandic kroner was introduced in 1922 at parity with the Danish krona and has since then lost 95.95% of its value.

He wanted Johnson to concentrate his attack on the parity question.

And thus there is no parity between their prayers and the Church's suffrages.

On one hand, the rising drinking among women is a sign of parity.

There had to be a parity of ranks; and the same principle might well apply to fortunes.

By parity of non-sequitur, we are, therefore, to surrender the active is building.

The number of federal judges appointed by Republicans and by Democrats is at parity with 390 each—and 93 vacancies.

Early on, Oates establishes a parity between Cressida and Corporal Kincaid that runs the course of the narrative.

Our Framers intended for there to be equality and parity amongst the three branches of government.