The word pair, derived via the French words pair/paire from the Latin par 'equal', can refer to:
- 2 (number), two of something, a pair
- Topological pair, an inclusion of topological spaces
- Tuple
- Product type
- Au pair, a work agreement
- Couple, various senses for two joined things
- Even number, in roulette etc.
- Ordered pair, in Mathematics and set theory
- Twisted pair, a couple of electric wires twisted together
- Pair (parliamentary convention), matching of members unable to attend, so as not to change the voting margin
- Pair, the French equivalent of peer, holder of a French Pairie, French high title roughly equivalent to a member of the British peerage
- Pair, a member of the Prussian House of Lords
- Pair (Cricket): "getting a pair" means being out for 0 in both innings of a match
- A handshaking process in Bluetooth communications
- Pair, Pressure of air in a system
- A team in pair skating
- PAIR, the research group Pain & Autonomics - Integrative Research at the University of Jena in Germany
- Pair (app), a mobile application for a couple
- Pair of lead actors or performers, appearing in many films etc. together, also known as 'hit pair'.
- Pairing, mathematics
- Pairing (computing), the linking together of devices to allow communications between them
Famous quotes containing the word pair:
“With two sons born eighteen months apart, I operated mainly on automatic pilot through the ceaseless activity of their early childhood. I remember opening the refrigerator late one night and finding a roll of aluminum foil next to a pair of small red tennies. Certain that I was responsible for the refrigerated shoes, I quickly closed the door and ran upstairs to make sure I had put the babies in their cribs instead of the linen closet.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)
“Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“What a pair of spectacles is here!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)