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Parity

Parity is a concept of equality of status or functional equivalence. It has several different specific definitions.

Parity (physics), a symmetry property of physical quantities or processes under spatial inversion
Parity (mathematics), indicates whether a number is even or odd
Parity (medicine), the number of times a woman or female animal has given birth
Parity (charity), UK equal rights organisation
Parity (law), legal principle
Parity bit, sets the parity of transmitted data for the purpose of error detection
Purchasing power parity, in economics, the exchange rate required to equalise the purchasing power of different currencies
Interest rate parity, in finance, the notion that the differential in interest rates between two countries is equal to the differential between the forward exchange rate and the spot exchange rate
Put–call parity, in financial mathematics, defines a relationship between the price of a European call option and a European put option
Parity (sports), an equal playing field for all participants, regardless of their economic circumstances
Potty parity, equalization of waiting times for males and females in restroom queues
A tactic in othello
Grid parity of renewable energy

Source: Wikipedia

Translation of "Parity"

Alemannic: Parität, Czech: Parita, German: Parität, Spanish: Paridad, Esperanto: Pareco, French: Parité, Hungarian: Paritás, Polish: Parzystość, Portuguese: Paridade, Russian: Чётность, Slovak: Parita.


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