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'''Parity''' is a concept of equality of status or functional equivalence. It has several different specific definitions.
* [[Parity (physics)]], the name of the symmetry of interactions 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 Pricing (marketing)]]
* [[Parity bit]], in computing, a very simple example of an error detecting code
* [[Purchasing power parity]], in economics, an estimate of the exchange rate required to equalise the purchasing power of different currencies, given the prices of goods and services in the countries concerned
* [[Interest rate parity]], in finance, refers to 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
* [[Base parity]], in human genetics, the G/C ratio in regions of DNA
* [[Put–call parity]], in financial mathematics, defines a relationship between the price of a European call option and a European put option—both with the identical strike price and expiry
* [[Parity (sports)]] refers to engineering an equal playing field in which all teams can compete, regardless of their economic circumstances
* In [[demography]], the number of reproductive events (births)
* [[Potty parity]] attempts to equalize the waiting times of males and females in restroom queues by designating or building more women's restrooms, giving them more facilities to use
* A tactic in [[reversi#Parity|othello]]
* Militarily, it refers to having a comparable force as one's enemy, such as geopolitically as in [[mutual assured destruction]]
* Parity is a case on a [[Rubik's Revenge]] cube that may not occur on 3x3 Rubik's Cube
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