Par"a*graph`er (?), n. A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.
{ Par`a*graph"ic (?), Par`a*graph"ic*al (?), } a. Pertaining to, or
consisting of, a paragraph or paragraphs. -- Par`a*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Par"a*graph`ist (?), n. A paragrapher.
Par`a*gra*phis"tic*al (?), a. Of or relating to a paragraphist. [R.]
Beau. & Fl.
Pa*ra" grass` (?). (Bot.) A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode)
introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.
||Pa`ra`grÍle" (?), n. [F., fr. parer to guard + grÍle hail.] A
||lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the
||electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.
||[France] Knight.
Par`a*guay"an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Paraguay. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Paraguay.
Pa`ra*guay" tea" (?). See Mate, the leaf of the Brazilian holly.
Par"ail (?), n. See Apparel. [Obs.] "In the parail of a pilgrim." Piers
Plowman.
Par"a*keet` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Same as Parrakeet.
Par`a*lac"tic (?), a. [Pref. para- + lactic.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid, under
Lactic.
Par`al*bu"min (?), n. [Pref. para- + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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.
Par*al"de*hyde (?), n. [Pref. para- + aldehyde.] (Chem.) A polymeric
modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.
||Par`a*leip"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to leave on one
||side, to omit; para` beside + &?; to leave.] (Rhet.) 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." [Written
||also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
||Par`a*lep"sis (?), n. [NL.] See Paraleipsis.
Pa*ra"li*an (?), n. [Gr. &?; near the sea; para` beside + &?; the sea.]
A dweller by the sea. [R.]
||Par`a*li*pom"e*non (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things
||omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. &?; to omit.] A
||title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.
In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and
dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning
that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings W. Smith.
Par`a*lip"sis (?), n. [NL.] See Paraleipsis.
{ Par`al*lac"tic (?), Par`al*lac"tic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
parallactique.] Of or pertaining to a parallax.
Par"al*lax (?), n. [Gr. &?; alternation, the mutual inclination of two
lines forming an angle, fr. &?; to change a little, go aside, deviate;
para` beside, beyond + &?; to change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. Parallel.]
1. The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object,
as seen from two different stations, or points of view.
2. (Astron.) 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.
Annual parallax, the greatest value of the heliocentric parallax, or
the greatest annual apparent change of place of a body as seen from the
earth and sun; as, the annual parallax of a fixed star. -- Binocular
parallax, the apparent difference in position of an object as seen
separately by one eye, and then by the other, the head remaining
unmoved. -- Diurnal, or Geocentric, parallax, the parallax of a body
with reference to the earth's center. This is the kind of parallax that
is generally understood when the term is used without qualification. --
Heliocentric parallax, the parallax of a body with reference to the
sun, or the angle subtended at the body by lines drawn from it to the
earth and sun; as, the heliocentric parallax of a planet. -- Horizontal
parallax, the geocentric parallx of a heavenly body when in the
horizon, or the angle subtended at the body by the earth's radius. --
Optical parallax, the apparent displacement in position undergone by an
object when viewed by either eye singly. Brande & C. -- Parallax of the
cross wires (of an optical instrument), their apparent displacement
when the eye changes its position, caused by their not being exactly in
the focus of the object glass. -- Stellar parallax, the annual parallax
of a fixed star.
Par"al*lel (?), a. [F. parallËle, L. parallelus, fr. Gr. &?;; para`
beside + &?; of one another, fr. &?; other, akin to L. alius. See
Allien.] 1. (Geom.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts
equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
Revolutions . . . parallel to the equinoctial.
Hakluyt.
Curved lines or curved planes are said to be parallel when they are in
all parts equally distant.
2. Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being
in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and
with.
When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it
can not be too much cherished.
Addison.
3. Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all
essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel
passage. Addison.
Parallel bar. (a) (Steam Eng.) A rod in a parallel motion which is
parallel with the working beam. (b) One of a pair of bars raised about
five feet above the floor or ground, and parallel to each other, --
used for gymnastic exercises. -- Parallel circles of a sphere, those
circles of the sphere whose planes are parallel to each other. --
Parallel columns, or Parallels (Printing), two or more passages of
reading matter printed side by side, for the purpose of emphasizing the
similarity or discrepancy between them. -- Parallel forces (Mech.),
forces which act in directions parallel to each other. -- Parallel
motion. (a) (Mach.) A jointed system of links, rods, or bars, by which
the motion of a reciprocating piece, as a piston rod, may be guided,
either approximately or exactly in a straight line. Rankine. (b) (Mus.)
The ascending or descending of two or more parts at fixed intervals, as
thirds or sixths. -- Parallel rod (Locomotive Eng.), a metal rod that
connects the crank pins of two or more driving wheels; -- called also
couping rod, in distinction from the connecting rod. See Illust. of
Locomotive, in App. -- Parallel ruler, an instrument for drawing
parallel lines, so constructed as to have the successive positions of
the ruling edge parallel to each other; also, one consisting of two
movable parts, the opposite edges of which are always parallel. - -
Parallel sailing (Naut.), sailing on a parallel of latitude. --
Parallel sphere (Astron. & Geog.), that position of the sphere in which
the circles of daily motion are parallel to the horizon, as to an
observer at either pole. -- Parallel vise, a vise having jaws so guided
as to remain parallel in all positions.
Par"al*lel (?), n. 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is
equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without
rule or line ?
Pope.