parity en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpaɹɪtɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈpaɾɪti/ (Wales)
- /ˈpɛɹɪti/ Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈpæɹɪti/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- (Southern-England) audio
- /-tɪ/ (Scotland)
- /-ti/ (Scotland)
- /ˈpæɹɪti/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpaɾɪte/ (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritās, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -ty.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
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: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, unpagedDay after day, for 10 days, Stones and his client rose before dawn, dressed themselves in clothes of a drab dry-leaf green and set out on the trail. By the time the sun was high in the sky and the gunmen were soaked in sweat, there arose – in their minds, at least – a sense of parity, of worthy opposition, equal opportunity in this game of life and death, even if only one party has chosen to play.
2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian:
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(countable) Senses related to classification into two sets. ▸ 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.
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(countable) Senses related to classification into two sets. ▸ The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
The particles' parities can switch at random.
- (countable, uncountable) Senses related to classification into two sets. ▸ The count of one-valued bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
- (countable) Senses related to classification into two sets. ▸ Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
- (countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
- (countable, uncountable) Resemblance; analogy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| parities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
brand parity · unparity · omniparity · parity bit · imparity · nonparity · antiparity · parity game · purchasing power parity · potty parity
Translations (49)
ms pariti (equality, comparability) · pt paridade (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · ca paritat (equality, comparability) · ms kesamaan (math: classification into one set or the other) · bg равенство (equality, comparability) · id paritas (equality, comparability) · fr parité (math: classification into one set or the other) · cs parita (equality, comparability) · de Parität (equality, comparability) · id kesamaan (equality, comparability) · hi समता (math: classification into one set or the other) · fr parité (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · cs parita (physics: symmetry of interaction) · cmn 宇稱 /宇称 (physics: symmetry of interaction) · es paridad (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · bg четност (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · hi समता (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · ms kesamaan (equality, comparability) · ms pariti (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · cs parita (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · nl pariteit (equality, comparability) · de Parität (physics: symmetry of interaction) · fr parité (equality, comparability) · id kesepadanan (equality, comparability) · ru парите́т (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · it parità (math: classification into one set or the other) · fi pariteetti (physics: symmetry of interaction) · ms kesamaan (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · ms kesamaan (physics: symmetry of interaction) · cs parita (math: classification into one set or the other) · ms pariti (physics: symmetry of interaction) · ru парите́т (math: classification into one set or the other) · fi vastaavuus (equality, comparability) · fa برابری (equality, comparability) · nl pariteit (physics: symmetry of interaction) · nl pariteit (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · mhr паритет (equality, comparability) · it parità (equality, comparability) · mhr мужыранлык (equality, comparability) · fi pariteetti (math: classification into one set or the other) · it parità (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) · es paridad (math: classification into one set or the other) · ru парите́т (equality, comparability) · ms pariti (math: classification into one set or the other) · pt paridade (equality, comparability) · pt paridade (math: classification into one set or the other) · ru чётность (physics: symmetry of interaction) · ru ра́венство (equality, comparability) · es paridad (equality, comparability)