Chapter 1102

Pa*rab"o*lism (?) , n. [From Parabola .] (Alg.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term. [Obs.]

Parabolist <Xpage=1039>

Pa*rab"o*list (?) , n. A narrator of parables.

Paraboloid <Xpage=1039>

Pa*rab"o*loid (?) , n. [ Parabola + -oid : cf. F. parabolo\'8bde .] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.

&hand; The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders.

Hutton.

Paraboloidal <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*bo*loid"al (?) , a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.

Parabronchium <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*bron"chi*um (?) , n. ; pl. Parabronchia (#) . [NL. See Para- , Bronchia .] (Anat.) One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.

Paracelsian <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cel"si*an (?) , a. Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus , a Swiss physician of the 15th century.

Ferrand.

Paracelsian <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cel"si*an , n. A follower of Paracelsus or his practice or teachings.

Hakewill.

Paracelsist <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cel"sist (?) , n. A Paracelsian.

Paracentesis <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cen*te"sis (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to pierce at the side, to tap.] (Med.) The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.

Paracentric, Paracentrical <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cen"tric (?) , Par`a*cen"tric*al (?) , a. [Pref. para- + centric , -ical : cf. F. paracentrique .] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center.

Paracentric curve (Math.) , a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a paracentric . -- Paracentric motton &or; velocity , the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction.

Parachordal <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*chor"dal (?) , a. [Pref. para- + chordal .] (Anat.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord. -- n. A parachordal cartilage.

Parachronism <Xpage=1039>

Pa*rach"ro*nism (?) , n. [Pref. para- + Gr. <?/ time: cf. F. parachronisme .] An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence. [R.]

Parachrose <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*chrose (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ false coloring; <?/ beside, beyond + <?/ color.] (Min.) Changing color by exposure

Mohs.

Parachute <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*chute (?) , n. [F., fr. paper to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See Parry , and Chute , Chance .]

1. A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence. <-- usu used for descending to the ground from an airplane, for military operations (airborne troops), in an emergency, or for sport (sky diving) -->

2. (Zo\'94l.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.

<-- parachutist; parachuting. parachute = verb -->

Paraclete <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*clete (?) , n. [L. paracletus , Gr. <?/, from <?/ to call to one, to exhort, encourage; <?/ beside + <?/ to call.] An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit.

From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the Paraclete given him by Christ. Bp. Pearson.

Paraclose <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*close (?) , n. (Arch.) See Parclose .

Paracmastic <Xpage=1039>

Par`ac*mas"tic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/. See Para- , and Acme .] (Med.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper.

Dunglison.

Paraconic <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*con"ic (?) , a. [Pref. par a- + acon itic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids.

Paraconine <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*co"nine (?) , n. [Pref. para- + conine .] (Chem.) A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia.

Paracorolla <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*co*rol"la (?) , n. [Pref. para- + corolla .] (Bot.) A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.

Paracrostic <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cros"tic (?) , n. [Pref. para- + acrostic .] A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.

Brande & C.

Paracyanogen <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cy*an"o*gen (?) , n. [Pref. para- + cyanogen .] (Chem.) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide.

Paracymene <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*cy"mene , n. [Pref. para- + cymene .] (Chem.) Same as Cymene .

Paradactylum <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dac"ty*lum , n. ; pl. Paradactyla (#) . [NL. See Para- , and Dactyl .] (Zo\'94l.) The side of a toe or finger.

Parade <Xpage=1039>

Pa*rade" (?) , n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare , v. t. ] 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.

3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.

Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade . Swift.

4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen .

In state returned the grand parade . Swift.

5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.]

When they are not in parade , and upon their guard. Locke.

6. A public walk; a promenade.

Dress parade , Undress parade . See under Dress , and Undress . -- Parade rest , a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. Wilhelm .

Syn. -- Ostentation; display; show. -- Parade , Ostentation . Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. "It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power." Robertson . "We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories." Spectator .

Parade <Xpage=1039>

Pa*rade" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paraded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Parading .] [Cf. F. parader .] 1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.

Parading all her sensibility. Byron.

2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops .

Parade <Xpage=1039>

Pa*rade" , v. i. 1. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.

2. To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.

Paradigm <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*digm (?) , n. [F. paradigme , L. paradigma , fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to show by the side of, to set up as an example; <?/ beside + <?/ to show. See Para- , and Diction .]

1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] "The paradigms and patterns of all things."

Cudworth.

2. (Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.

3. (Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

Paradigmatic, Paradigmatical <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dig*mat"ic (?) , Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al (?) , a. [Gr. <?/.] Exemplary. -- Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Paradigmatic <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dig*mat"ic , n. (Eccl. Hist.) A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence.

Paradigmatize <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dig"ma*tize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paradigmatized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paradigmatizing (?) .] [Gr. <?/. See Paradigm .] To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.]

Hammond.

Paradisaic, Paradisaical <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*di*sa"ic (?) , Par`a*di*sa"ic*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal. " Paradisaical pleasures."

Gray.

Paradisal <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*di`sal (?) , a. Paradisiacal.

Paradise <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*dise (?) , n. [OE. & F. paradis , L. paradisus , fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida&emac;za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. <?/) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough . Cf. Parvis .]

1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.

To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise . Luke xxiii. 43.

It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise . Longfellow.

3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

The earth Shall be all paradise . Milton.

Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. Beaconsfield.

4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.]

Oxf. Gloss.

Fool's paradise . See under Fool , and Limbo . -- Grains of paradise . (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper , under Pepper . -- Paradise bird . (Zo\'94l.) Same as Bird of paradise . Among the most beautiful species are the superb ( Lophorina superba ); the magnificent ( Diphyllodes magnifica ); and the six-shafted paradise bird ( Parotia sefilata ). The long-billed paradise birds ( Epimachin\'91 ) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ( Seleucides alba ), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise in the Vocabulary. -- Paradise fish (Zo\'94l.) , a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ( Macropodus viridiauratus ) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. -- Paradise flycatcher (Zo\'94l.) , any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone , having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of T. paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. -- Paradise grackle (Zo\'94l.) , a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia , having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. -- Paradise nut (Bot.) , the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut . [Local, U. S.] -- Paradise whidah bird . (Zo\'94l.) See Whidah .

Paradise <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*dise (?) , v. t. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.]

Marston.

Paradisean <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dis"e*an (?) , a. Paradisiacal.

Paradised <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*dised (?) , a. Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise.

Paradisiac, Paradisiacal <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dis"i*ac (?) , Par`a*di*si"a*cal (?) , a. [L. paradisiacus .] Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise. C. Kingsley . T. Burnet . "A paradisiacal scene."

Pope.

The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. G. Eliot.

Paradisial, Paradisian <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dis"i*al (?) , Par`a*dis"i*an (?) , a. Paradisiacal. [R.]

Paradisic <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dis"ic (?) , a. Paradisiacal. [R.]

Broome.

Paradisical <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dis"ic*al (?) , a. Paradisiacal. [R.]

Parados <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dos (?) , n. ; pl. Paradoses (#) . [F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum .] (Fort.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse.

Farrow.

Paradox <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dox (?) , n. ; pl. Paradoxes (#) . [F. paradoxe , L. paradoxum , fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ beside, beyond, contrary to + <?/ to think, suppose, imagine. See Para- , and Dogma .] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

A gloss there is to color that paradox , and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. Hooker.

This was sometime a paradox , but now the time gives it proof. Shak.

Hydrostatic paradox . See under Hydrostatic .

Paradoxal <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*dox`al (?) , a. Paradoxical. [Obs.]

Paradoxical <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dox"ic*al (?) , a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox.

2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions.

Southey.

-- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly , adv. -- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness , n.

Paradoxer, n., Paradoxist <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*dox`er (?) , n. , Par"a*dox`ist (<?/) , n. One who proposes a paradox.

Paradoxides <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dox"i*des (?) , n. [NL.] (Paleon.) A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.

Paradoxology <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dox*ol"o*gy (?) , n. [ Paradox + -logy .] The use of paradoxes. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Paradoxure <Xpage=1039>

Par`a*dox"ure (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ incredible, paradoxical + <?/ tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of Paradoxurus , a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ). See Musang .

Paradoxy <Xpage=1039>

Par"a*dox`y (?) , n. 1. A paradoxical statement; a paradox.

2. The quality or state of being paradoxical.

Coleridge

Paraffin, Paraffine <Xpage=1039>

Par"af*fin (?) , Par"af*fine (?) , n. [F. paraffine , fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins .

&hand; In the present chemical usage this word is spelt paraffin , but in commerce it is commonly spelt paraffine .

Native paraffin . See Ozocerite . -- Paraffin series . See Methane series , under Methane .

Parage <Xpage=1039>

Par"age , n. [F., fr. L. par , adj., equal. Cf. Peerage , Peer an equal.] 1. (Old Eng. Law) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance.

Spelman.

2. (Feudal Law) Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee.

Burrill.

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3. Kindred; family; birth. [Obs.]

Ld. Berners.

We claim to be of high parage . Chaucer.

Paragenesis <Xpage=1040>

Par`a*gen"e*sis (?) , n. [Pref. para- + genesis .] (Min.) The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.

Paragenic <Xpage=1040>

Par`a*gen"ic (?) , a. [Pref. para- the root of <?/ birth.] (Biol.) Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc.

Paraglobulin <Xpage=1040>

Par`a*glob"u*lin (?) , n. [Pref. para- + globulin .] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin .

Paraglossa <Xpage=1040>

Par`a*glos"sa (?) , n. ; pl. Paragloss\'91 (#) . [NL., from Gr. <?/ beside + <?/ tongue.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust . under Hymenoptera .

Paragnath <Xpage=1040>

Par"ag*nath (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Paragnathus .

Paragnathous <Xpage=1040>

Pa*rag"na*thous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds.

Paragnathus <Xpage=1040>

Pa*rag"na*thus (?) , n. ; pl. Paragnathi (#) . [NL. See Para- , and Gnathic .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea. (b) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.

Paragoge <Xpage=1040>