单词 | parity |
释义 | parity 1. n.   1. equality or equal status, esp. as regards status or pay.   2. parallelism or analogy (parity of reasoning).   3. equivalence of one currency with another; being at par.   4. (of a number) the fact of being even or odd.   5. Physics (of a quantity) the fact of changing its sign or remaining unaltered under a given transformation of coordinates etc. Etymology: F parit{eacute} or LL paritas (as PAR(1)) 2. n. Med.   1. the fact or condition of having borne children.   2. the number of children previously borne. Etymology: formed as -PAROUS + -ITY |
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