ETYM Latin paritas, from par, paris, equal: cf. French parité. Related to Pair, Peer an equal.
1. 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; SYN. conservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry, mirror symmetry.
2. Functional equality.
3. (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.
4. Condition or fact of having born children.
A technique for testing transmitting data. Typically, a binary digit is added to the data to make the sum of all the digits of the binary data either always even (even parity) or always odd (odd parity). + prikaži više