(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered;"the parity of the mother must be considered" "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
(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;"parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"
(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
(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
functional equality
中英词源
parity 平等，平价
来自拉丁语par,对等，等同，词源同pair.
parity
parity: see pair
parity (n.)
1570s, "equality of rank or status," from Middle French parité (14c.) or directly from Late Latin paritas "equality," from Latin adjective par (genitive paris) "equal" (see pair (n.)). Meaning "condition in which adversaries have equal resources" is from 1955, originally in reference to the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.
词态变化
复数 parities;
权威造句
1. Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.
女性在很多领域还没能争取到薪金、职位方面的平等。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Italy wanted naval parity with France.
意大利想要在海军实力上与法国平起平坐。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Prison officers are demanding pay parity with the police force.
狱警正要求与警察同工同酬。
来自《权威词典》
4. The two currencies have now reached parity.
这两种货币现已达到同等价值.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. The government was ready to let the pound sink to parity with the dollar if necessary.
