equality, as in amount, status, or character.

equivalence; correspondence; similarity; analogy.

Finance .

equivalence in value in the currency of another country.

equivalence in value at a fixed ratio between moneys of different metals.

Physics .

a property of a wave function, expressed as +1 or ?1 and noting the relation of the given function to the function formed when each variable is replaced by its negative, +1 indicating that the functions are identical and ?1 that the second function is the negative of the first.

Also called intrinsic parity. a number +1 or ?1 assigned to each kind of elementary particle in such a way that the product of the parities of the particles in a system of particles multiplied by the parity of the wave function describing the system is unchanged when particles are created or annihilated.

a system of regulating prices of farm commodities, usually by government price supports, to provide farmers with the same purchasing power they had in a selected base period.

Computers . the condition of the number of items in a set, particularly the number of bits per byte or word, being either even or odd

used as a means for detecting certain errors.

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dissimilitude , imbalance , inequality

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adequation , affinity , agreement , analogy , approximation , closeness , coequality , conformity , congruity , consistency , correspondence , equal terms , equivalence , equivalency , likeness , nearness , par , parallelism , paraphernalia , resemblance , sameness , similarity , similitude , uniformity , unity , equality , equation , balance , equity