Pair or PAIR or Pairing may refer to:
Government and politics
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Pair (parliamentary convention), matching of members unable to attend, so as not to change the voting margin
* ''Pair'', a member of the
Prussian House of Lords
* ''Pair'', the French equivalent of peer, holder of a French
Pairie
The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages.
The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...
, a French high title roughly equivalent to a member of the British peerage
Mathematics
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2 (number)
2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultur ...
, two of something, a pair
* 2-
tuple, in mathematics and set theory
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Ordered pair
In mathematics, an ordered pair (''a'', ''b'') is a pair of objects. The order in which the objects appear in the pair is significant: the ordered pair (''a'', ''b'') is different from the ordered pair (''b'', ''a'') unless ''a'' = ''b''. (In con ...
, in mathematics and set theory
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Pairing, in mathematics, an R-bilinear map of modules, where R is the underlying ring
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Pair type
In programming languages and type theory, a product of ''types'' is another, compounded, type in a structure. The "operands" of the product are types, and the structure of a product type is determined by the fixed order of the operands in the prod ...
, in programming languages and type theory, a product type with two component types
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Topological pair, an inclusion of topological spaces
Science and technology
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Couple (app), formerly Pair, a mobile application for two people
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PAIR (puncture-aspiration-injection-reaspiration) The PAIR (''puncture-aspiration-injection-reaspiration''; sometimes ''percutaneous aspiration-injection-reaspiration'') procedure is a noninvasive treatment option to remove hydatid cysts. PAIR is considered an alternative treatment for cystic echin ...
, in medicine
* Pairing, a handshaking process in
Bluetooth communications
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Pair programming, an agile software development technique
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Pairing (computing)
Pairing, sometimes known as bonding, is a process used in computer networking that helps set up an initial linkage between computing devices to allow communications between them. The most common example is used in Bluetooth, where the pairing proc ...
, the linking together of devices to allow communications between them
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Twisted pair, a couple of electric wires twisted together
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Crew pairing, a sequence of activities a flight crew member is supposed to perform
Sports and games
* Pair, a team of two in
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
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Pair (cricket)
This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. Certain aspects of cricket terminology are explained in more detail in cr ...
, a cricket term for being out for 0 in both innings of a match
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One pair (poker), a type of poker hand
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Coxless pair
A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars.
The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right h ...
or
coxed pair
A coxed pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain.
The crew consists of two rowers, each having one oar, and a cox. One rower ...
, racing rowing shells
Other uses
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Au pair'', a work agreement
* Grow a pair, referring to
testicles, a slang term meaning act with more courage
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Patent Application Information Retrieval, an online service providing access to the prosecution histories of U.S. patents and patent applications
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Peer-Allocated Instant Response, for distance learning in the Netherlands
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Wine pairing, the process of pairing food dishes with wine to enhance the dining experience
See also
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Couple (disambiguation), various senses for two joined things
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Even (disambiguation)
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Pear, a fruit
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Pare people, a Tanzanian ethnic group
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Paired test, a student's t-test in statistical hypothesis testing
2 (number)
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