parity

  1. Noun.  (context, uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
  2. Noun.  (mathematics, countable) 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.
  3. Noun.  (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
  4. Noun.  (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
  5. Noun.  (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
  6. Noun.  (medicine, countable) The number of times a woman has given birth.
  7. Noun.  (agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed. .

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