Parity vs. Equality

By Jaxson

  • Parity (noun)

    Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.

  • Parity (noun)

    Senses related to classification into two sets.

  • Parity (noun)

    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.

    “Parity is always preserved in such operations.”

  • Parity (noun)

    The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.

    “The particles’ parities can switch at random.”

  • Parity (noun)

    The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.

  • Parity (noun)

    In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.

  • Parity (noun)

    Resemblance; analogy.

  • Parity (noun)

    The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks

  • Parity (noun)

    The number of times a sow has farrowed.

  • Equality (noun)

    The fact of being equal.

  • Equality (noun)

    The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

  • Equality (noun)

    The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Wiktionary
  • Equality (noun)

    the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities

    “an organization aiming to promote racial equality”

  • Equality (noun)

    a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal; an equation.

Oxford Dictionary
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