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equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning. "No parity of principle." De Quincey. Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne.

dition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor. The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. Macaulay.

Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.

Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding.

Reproduction by means of germs.

Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc. Milton.

Equality in every part; general equality.

Generatuon by means of ova. See Generation.

Reproduction by fission.

The quality or condition of being viviparous. H. Spencer.

Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.

vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.

e, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc. There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four.…

States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the sexes. -- Silk thrower, Silk throwster, one who twists or spins silk, and prepares it for weaving. Brande & C. -- Silk tree (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizzia Julibrissin) with finely bipinna…

The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.