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Par

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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📖 Definitions of "Par"

noun

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.

adjective

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.
4
Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
"a parallel algorithm"

noun

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.
4
Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.

noun

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.
4
A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.

🔄 Synonyms of "Par"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
equivalencenoun	(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
equalitynoun	The fact of being equal.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Par"

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Word	Definition
equivalencenoun	(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
equalitynoun	The fact of being equal.
fornoun	Initialism of Fellowship of Reconciliation, any of a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries.
asrnoun	(Islam) The afternoon Islamic prayer.
nofnoun	(US) Initialism of National Osteoporosis Foundation.
raanoun	An administrative atoll of the Maldives, officially named Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi.
aadnoun	(Geordie) old
eornoun	(knitting) Every other row; every other round.
rpanoun	(Quebec) Privately-operated retirement home
rppnoun	(aviation, Canada) Initialism of recreational pilot permit.
averagenoun	(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
radarnoun	(uncountable) In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves (usually microwaves) which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; also, the field of study of this method.
paragraphnoun	A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
linenoun	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
nameplatenoun	A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
torquenoun	(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
conjunctionnoun	(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)
paranoun	(medicine) A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
pairnoun	Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
physicsnoun	The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.