noun (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered.
— synonyms: para
noun (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity.
noun (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.
— synonyms: parity_bit, check_bit
noun (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.
— synonyms: conservation_of_parity, space-reflection_symmetry, mirror_symmetry