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siding
Noun
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A material that covers the sides of buildings.
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A second, short railroad track just to the side of the main railroad track. It is joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, and is used either for unloading items, or to let two trains on the same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction).
parity
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noun
(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
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noun
functional equality
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(mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data
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noun
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
the parity of the mother must be considered
a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children
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(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error