parity
n 1: (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
2: (computer science) an error detection procedure in which a
bit (0 or 1) 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
[syn: {parity bit}]
3: 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 [syn: {conservation
of parity}, {space-reflection symmetry}, {mirror symmetry}]
4: functional equality