parity

Equality; similarity or close correspondence or equivalence as regards state, position, condition, quality, degree, etc.

In logic,analogy; similarity; similar or like course, as of reasoning or argument.

Specifically, in ecclesiastical history,the equality of religious bodies in their relations to the state, their standing in universities, etc.; the principle of such equality; in Presbyterian churches, the equality of all the members of the clerical order.

The condition of being able to bear offspring.

In banking and com.: An equivalence in the currency of another country. See mint par, under par.

Equivalence in or between money of different metals as legal tender, in the proportions of weight and quality fixed by law.

Same as par, 3.

The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; a like state or degree; equality; equivalence; close correspondence; analogy.

Equivalence in value to the currency of another country.

A property assigned to elementary particles, conceptualized as a form of symmetry, representing the fact that no fundamental distinctions can be observed between right-handed and left-handed systems of particles in their interactions, and supported by the typical observation that the total parity of a system is unchanged as particles are created or annihilated; however, certain interactions involving the weak force have been shown to violate the principle of conservation of parity.