(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
(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"
(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"
concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"
a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"
(psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding"
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"
anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim"
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right"
(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"
in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"
exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
immediately; "she called right after dinner"
an interjection expressing agreement
precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right"
regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"