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PAR'ACHUTE, n. [Gr. against.] In aerostation, an instrument to prevent the rapid...
PARACH'RONISM, n. [Gr. beyond, and time.] An error in chronology; a mistake in r...
P`ARACHMENT-MAKER, n. One who dresses skins for parchment.
PARACEN'TRIC PARACEN'TRICAL, a. [Gr. beyond, and center.] Deviating from circula...
PARACENTE'SIS PARACEN'TESY, n. [Gr. through, and to pierce.] The operation in su...
PARACEL'SIAN,n. A physician who follows the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss phys...
PARAB'OLOID, n. [Gr. form.] In geometry, a paraboliform curve whose ordinates ar...
PARAB'OLISM, n. [from parabola.] In algebra, the division of the terms of an equ...
PARABOL'IFORM, a. Having the form of a parabola.
PARABOL'ICALLY, adv. by way of parable. 1. In the form of a parabola.
PARABOL'IC PARABOL'ICAL, a. Expressed by parable or allegorical representation; ...
PARABOLE, n. parab'oly. [See Parable .] In oratory, similitude; comparison.
PARAB'OLA, n. [L. See Parable .] A conic section arising from cutting a cone by ...
PAR'ABLE, n. [L. parabilis.] Easily procured. [Not used.] PAR'ABLE , n. [L. para...
P`AR, n. [L. par, equal, paro.] 1. State of equality; equal value; equivalence w...
PAPY'RUS, n. [L.] An Egyptian plant, a kind of reed, of which the ancients made ...