Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Paralipsis (n.) See Paraleipsis.

(1) - Parallax (n.) 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.
(2) - Parallax (n.) The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view.

(1) - Parallel (n.) 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.
(2) - Parallel (a.) Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.
(3) - Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
(4) - Parallel (n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
(5) - Parallel (n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,
(6) - Parallel (n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
(7) - Parallel (a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
(8) - Parallel (n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
(9) - Parallel (v. i.) To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
(10) - Parallel (n.) 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.
(11) - Parallel (n.) 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.
(12) - Parallel (v. t.) 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.
(13) - Parallel (v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
(14) - Parallel (v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.
(15) - Parallel (v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.
(16) - Parallel (n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.

(1) - Parallelism (n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
(2) - Parallelism (n.) Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
(3) - Parallelism (n.) The quality or state of being parallel.

(1) - Parallelogram (n.) A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles.