PARALLAX
PAR'ALLAX, noun [Gr. to vary, to decline or wander; beyond, and to change.] In astronomy, the change of place in a heavenly body in consequence of being viewed from different po...
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PARALLEL
PAR'ALLEL, adjective [Gr. against or opposite, and one the other.]1. In geometry, extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant. One body or line is parallel ...
PARALLELABLE
PAR'ALLELABLE, adjective That may be equaled. [Not much used.]
PARALLELISM
PAR'ALLELISM, noun State of being parallel.1. Resemblance; equality of state; comparison.
PARALLELLY
PAR'ALLELLY, adverb In a parallel manner; with parallelism.
PARALLELOGRAM
PARALLEL'OGRAM, noun [Gr.]1. In geometry, a right lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel and equal.2. In common use, this word is applied to quadrilateral...
PARALLELOGRAMIC
PARALLELOGRAM'ICPARALLELOGRAM'ICAL, adjective Having the properties of a parallelogram.
PARALLELOGRAMICAL
PARALLELOGRAM'ICAL, a. Having the properties of a parallelogram.
PARALLELOPIPED
PARALLELOPIP'ED, noun [parallel and Gr. on, and a plain.]In geometry, a regular solid comprehended under six parallelograms, the opposite ones of which are similar, parallel and...
PARALLELOPIPEDIA
PARALLELOPIPE'DIA, noun A genus of spars, externally of a determinate and regular figure, always found loose and separate from other bodies, and in the form of an oblique parall...
PARALOGISM
PARAL'OGISM, noun [Gr. beyond, and reasoning; discourse, reason.]In logic, a fallacious argument or false reasoning; an error committed in demonstration, when a consequence is d...
PARALOGIZE
PARAL'OGIZE, verb intransitive To reason falsely.
PARALOGY
PARAL'OGY, noun False reasoning. [supra.]
PARALYSIS
PARAL'YSIS, noun [Gr. to loosen, dissolve or weaken.] Palsy; the loss of the power of muscular motion, or of the command of the muscles.
PARALYTIC
PARALYT'ICPARALYT'ICAL, adjective Affected with palsy; deprived of the power of muscular motion; sometimes, weak; trembling; subject to an involuntary shaking; as a paralytic ar...
PARALYTICAL
PARALYT'ICAL, a. Affected with palsy; deprived of the power of muscular motion; sometimes, weak; trembling; subject to an involuntary shaking; as a paralytic arm.1. Inclined or ...
PARAMETER
PARAM'ETER, noun [Gr.]1. The latus rectum of a parabola. It is a third proportional to the abscissa and any ordinate, so that the square of the ordinate is always equal to the r...
PARAMOUNT
PAR'AMOUNT, adjective1. Superior to all others; possessing the highest title or jurisdiction; as lord paramount the chief lord of the fee, or of lands, tenements and hereditamen...
PARAMOUR
PAR'AMOUR, noun [Latin per, and amour.]1. A lover; a wooer.2. A mistress.
PARANTHINE
PARANTHINE. [See Scapolite.]
PARANYMPH
PAR'ANYMPH, noun [Gr. by, and a bride or spouse.]1. A brideman; one who leads the bride to her marriage.2. One who countenances and supports another.
PARAPEGM
PARAPEGM, noun par'apem. [Gr.] A brazen table fixed to a pillar, on which laws and proclamations were anciently engraved; also, a table set in a public place, containing an acco...
PARAPET
PAR'APET, noun [Latin pectus.] Literally, a wall or rampart to the breast or breast high; but in practice, a wall, rampart or elevation of earth for covering soldiers from an en...
PARAPHERNA
PARAPHER'NAPARAPHERNAL, adjective Pertaining to or consisting in parapherna; as paraphernal property.
PARAPHERNAL
PARAPHERNAL, a. Pertaining to or consisting in parapherna; as paraphernal property.
PARAPHERNALIA
PARAPHERNA'LIA, noun [Gr. beyond, and dower.] The goods which a wife brings with her at her marriage, or which she possesses beyond her dower or jointure, and which remain at he...
PARAPHRASE
PAR'APHRASE, noun s as z. [Gr. beyond, and phrase.] An explanation of some text or passage in a book, in a more clear and ample manner than is expressed in the words of the auth...