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Paraguayan
n.
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A native or inhabitant of Paraguay.
Paraguay tea
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See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly.
Parail
n.
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See Apparel.
Parakeet
n.
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Same as Parrakeet.
Paralactic
a.
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Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.
Paralbumin
n.
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A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen.
Paraldehyde
n.
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A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Paraleipsis
n.
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A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice."
Paralian
n.
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A dweller by the sea.
Paralipsis
n.
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See Paraleipsis.
Parallactic
a.
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Alt. of Parallactical
Parallactical
a.
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Of or pertaining to a parallax.
Parallax
n.
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The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view.
Parallax
n.
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The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun.
Parallel
a.
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Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
Parallel
a.
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Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.
Parallel
a.
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Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
Parallel
n.
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A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
Parallel
n.
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Direction conformable to that of another line,
Parallel
n.
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Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
Parallel
n.
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A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
Parallel
n.
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Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
Parallel
n.
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One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.
Parallel
n.
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One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
Parallel
n.
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A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
Paralleled
imp. & p. p.
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of Parallel
Paralleling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Parallel
Parallel
v. t.
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To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.
Parallel
v. t.
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Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
Parallel
v. t.
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To equal; to match; to correspond to.