different between chirality vs parity

English

Etymology

From chiral +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?r?l'?t?, IPA^(key): /ka???æl?ti/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

chirality (countable and uncountable, plural chiralities)

1. The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness

Synonyms

• handedness

Derived terms

• axial chirality

Related terms

• achiral
• achirality
• chiral

Translations

See also

• enantiomer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæ??ti/
• Rhymes: -æ??ti

See also

• parody

Etymology 1

From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritas, from Latin p?r (“equal”)

Noun

parity (countable and uncountable, plural parities)

1. (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
   • 2000 April 26, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Delta Guide, Pearson Education, unpaged:

     Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
2. Senses related to classification into two sets.
   1. (mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.

      Parity is always preserved in such operations.

   2. (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.

      The particles' parities can switch at random.

   3. (computing) The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
   4. (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
3. (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
4. Resemblance; analogy.

Antonyms

• chirality

Derived terms

• brand parity
• parity bit

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin paritas, from pari? (“give birth”)

Noun

parity (plural parities)

1. (medicine, countable) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks
2. (agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Translations