Parity

Quick meaning: Parity is a noun meaning (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.

Meaning

(uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.

More Meanings

1. Senses related to classification into two sets.
2. (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
3. Resemblance; analogy.
4. (medicine, countable) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks.
5. (agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Example Sentences

Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.

For all their frailty at the back, Arsenal possessed genuine menace in attack and they carved through Chelsea with ease to restore parity nine minutes before half-time. Aaron Ramsey's pass was perfection and Gervinho took the unselfish option to set up Van Persie for a tap-in.

Word Forms

• parities

Antonyms for parity

Common opposites include chirality.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, equality, comparability, equal.

Related Dictionary Tools