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Meaning of Par
1.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.
2.A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
3.An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
1.Equally distant from one another at all points.
“The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.”
2.Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
“The two railway lines are parallel.”
3.(hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
1.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.
2.Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
3.A digression; the use of such digressions.
Synonyms: parenthesis-point, round bracket, paren
1.In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
2.The community attending that church; the members of the parish.
3.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.