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  • 11parity index — parity index, U.S. the average prices paid by farmers for goods and services in a particular year, expressed in terms of the equivalent prices during the base period used. The parity index is used to establish the parity ratio …

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  • 12parity checking — par i*ty check ing, n. (Computers) The process of performing a {parity check}. [PJC] …

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  • 13Parity benchmark — Parity problems are widely used as Benchmark problems widely in genetic programming but inherited from the artificial neural network community. Parity is calculated by summing all the binary inputs and reporting if the sum is odd or even. This is …

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  • 14parity law — noun A law that a symmetry obtains in the natural world with no distinction between right and left, long held as basic, but shown in 1957 not to apply in the field of nuclear physics • • • Main Entry: ↑parity …

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  • 15parity — parity. Факт рождения ребенка; используется как количественный показатель при описании родословных <pedigree>: 0 живых детей нет (независимо от количества беременностей), 1, 2 и т.д. число родов (независимо от числа родившихся детей).… …

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  • 16parity — (n.) 1570s, equality of rank or status, from M.Fr. parité, from L.L. paritas equality, from L. adj. par (gen. paris) equal (see PAIR (Cf. pair) (n.)). Meaning condition in which adversaries have equal resources is from 1955, originally in… …

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  • 17parity — [n] equality, balance adequation, affinity, agreement, analogy, approximation, closeness, coequality, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, equal terms, equivalence, equivalency, likeness, nearness, par, parallelism, paraphernalia,… …

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  • 18parity — ► NOUN 1) equality or equivalence. 2) Mathematics the fact of being an even or an odd number. ORIGIN Latin paritas, from par equal …

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  • 19parity — parity1 [par′ə tē] n. pl. parities [Fr parité < L paritas < par, equal: see PAR1] 1. the state or condition of being the same in power, value, rank, etc.; equality 2. resemblance; similarity 3. equivalence in value of one currency expressed …

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  • 20parity ratio — parity ratio, U.S. the ratio between the index of prices received by farmers and the index of prices paid in a particular year, used in measuring the purchasing power of agricultural products in that year …

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