Synonym: check bit, conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, para, parity bit, space-reflection symmetry. Similar words: disparity, clarity, charity, apparition, hilarity, polarity, popularity, regularity. Meaning: ['pærətɪ] 
n. 1. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered 2. (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. (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. (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. functional equality.
n. 1. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered 2. (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. (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. (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. functional equality. 
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1. Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.
2. Women workers are demanding parity with their male colleagues.
3. The two currencies have now reached parity.
4. Prison officers are demanding pay parity with the police force.
5. British nurses would like to see pay parity with nurses in other major European countries.
6. Wages and prices were converted at parity.
7. Part-time workers are demanding parity with their full-time colleagues.
8. Hence parity between teachers in schools was undermined.
9. Look for parity or other conservation laws.
10. Income parity is an underlying aim.
11. In Worcestershire, the education authority is committed to parity of excellence for all of its comprehensive schools.
12. Peso-dollar parity, introduced in 1991 to combat three-figure inflation, is now working against the country's interests.
13. Other policies had tended to limit equality or parity between schools at the same time.
14. Employers say wage parity must be linked to productivity and economic growth.
15. The dogma of parity ruled out devaluation to boost exports.
16. Edinburgh has yet to achieve parity core-funding with the younger London Film Festival.
17. Kelly said the caucus is also seeking medical parity between men and women.
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18. In many professions women have yet to achieve anything like parity at the higher levels.
19. The government was ready to let the pound sink to parity with the dollar if necessary.
20. In practice the opposition was the beneficiary of the parity reform.
21. The opposition parties had mostly been unenthusiastic, if not openly hostile, about parity legislation.
22. The rate of symptomatic gall bladder disease among women of parity 1 was generally twice that of their nulliparous counterparts.
23. Although possible, we think it unlikely for this to have occurred for risk factors such as smoking and parity.
24. Older women experienced higher rates of complication at delivery overall, regardless of parity.
25. Some studies they suggest may have failed to detect an effect of parity because they did not concentrate on this risk period.
26. The grievance between the Bank Assistants and the Bank for parity was a fair contest.
27. Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
28. It would give designated emergency crews the chance to achieve their goal of pay parity with firefighters.
29. There was a rally in the euro, but hopes of a recovery to a one-to-one parity did not materialise.
30. The third provision, added by the Senate, would give mental health coverage parity with medical coverage.
More similar words: disparity, clarity, charity, apparition, hilarity, polarity, popularity, regularity, solidarity, similarity, dissimilarity, baritone, marital, pariah, parish, maritime, riparian, charitable, arithmetic, preparing, comparison, caparison, purity, asperity, minority, by comparison, good samaritan, authoritarian, majority, priority.