parity

UK
/ˈpær.ɪ.ti/
US
/ˈpær.ə.ti/

Translations

paritynoun
parities
pl
The two countries reached a parity in their trade agreements.
Две страны достигли паритета в своих торговых соглашениях.
The company aims to achieve gender parity in its workforce.
Компания стремится достичь гендерного равенства в своем штате.
parityadjective
UK
/ˈpær.ɪ.ti/
US
/ˈpær.ə.ti/
Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "parity bit")

Definitions

paritynoun
The state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay.
The company is working towards achieving pay parity between male and female employees.
The fact or condition of having borne children.
The study examined the health outcomes of women with different levels of parity.
A system of regulating the exchange rate of a currency by tying it to another currency or a basket of currencies.
The government decided to maintain currency parity to stabilize the economy.
In mathematics, the property of an integer of being even or odd.
The parity of the number 7 is odd.
In physics, a symmetry property of physical systems, particularly in quantum mechanics, where the system is unchanged when spatial coordinates are inverted.
The experiment was designed to test the parity of certain subatomic particles.
In computing, a binary digit added to a string of bits to keep the number of set bits even or odd, used for error detection.
The microcontroller transmits data with an added parity to detect single-bit errors.
parityadjective
Relating to or involving parity, especially the mathematical, computational, or equality aspects of it.
A parity check is performed to detect transmission errors.