| parity | | |
| n. (state) | 1. para, parity | (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" |
| ~ midwifery, obstetrics, tocology, ob | the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother. |
| ~ maternity, pregnancy, gestation | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. parity | (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" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ mathematical relation | a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality). |
| ~ evenness | the parity of even numbers (divisible by two). |
| ~ oddness | the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two). |
| n. (quantity) | 3. check bit, parity, parity bit | (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. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ bit | a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states.; "there are 8 bits in a byte" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, parity, space-reflection symmetry | (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. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ conservation | (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. parity | functional equality. |
| ~ equivalence | essential equality and interchangeability. |
| same | | |
| n. (person) | 1. lapp, lapplander, saame, saami, same, sami | a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. |
| ~ lapland, lappland | a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps. |
| ~ european | a native or inhabitant of Europe. |
| n. (communication) | 2. lapp, saame, saami, same, sami | the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula. |
| ~ lappic, lappish | any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages. |
| adj. | 3. same | same in identity.; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street" |
| ~ aforementioned, aforesaid, said | being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges" |
| ~ selfsame, identical, very | being the exact same one; not any other:.; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" |
| adj. | 4. same | closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| ~ like, similar | resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination.; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" |
| ~ assonant | having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables.; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" |
| ~ comparable, corresponding, like | conforming in every respect.; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" |
| ~ cookie-cutter | having the same appearance (as if mass-produced).; "a suburb of cookie-cutter houses" |
| ~ duplicate | identically copied from an original.; "a duplicate key" |
| ~ homophonic | having the same sound. |
| ~ identical, indistinguishable | exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different.; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" |
| ~ one | of the same kind or quality.; "two animals of one species" |
| ~ synoptical, synoptic | presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament.; "synoptic sayings" |
| ~ similar | marked by correspondence or resemblance.; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" |
| ~ unvaried, unvarying | lacking variety. |
| adj. | 5. like, same | equal in amount or value.; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| adj. | 6. same | unchanged in character or nature.; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever" |
| ~ unchanged | not made or become different.; "the causes that produced them have remained unchanged" |
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