parityEnglish

parity, check bit, conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, para

Noun

(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

English: parity, conservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry, mirror symmetry

(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

English: parity bit, parity, check bit

(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

English: parity, para

Bahasa: paritas

2 more noun senses

(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

English: parity

Bahasa: persamaan

Functional equality

English: parity

Bahasa: kesamaan

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