PAR
Definition of PAR
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A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
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A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
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An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
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Equally distant from one another at all points.
"The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel."
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Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
"The two railway lines are parallel."
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(hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
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A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
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Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
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A digression; the use of such digressions.
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In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
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The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
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An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
Source: Wiktionary
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