(set theory) An object containing exactly two elements in a fixed order, so that, when the elements are different, exchanging them gives a different object. Notation: (a, b) or ⟨a,b⟩.

(chemistry) A pair of electrons in the valence shell of an atom that does not participate in bonding.

A relationship, often permanent, formed between a male and female animal; initiated during courtship and maintained after mating.

(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.

(physics) A pair of electrons (or other fermions), of opposite spin, whose theorised behaviour is the basis of the BCS theory of superconductivity.

plural of linear pair

plural of minimal pair

An item of clothing that is worn under one's trousers or pants.

plural of ordered pair

A single garment that covers one's legs individually with sleeves, and also covers the pelvis. / (topology) The orientable surface of genus zero having three boundary components.