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para 音标拼音: [p'ɛrə] n. 南辅币 南辅币 para n 1: ( obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; " the parity of the mother must be considered"; " a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children" [ synonym: { parity}, { para}] 2: 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia 3: a soldier in the paratroops [ synonym: { paratrooper}, { para}] 4: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows [ synonym: { Para}, { Para River}] 5: port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [ synonym: { Belem}, { Para}, { Feliz Lusitania}, { Santa Maria de Belem}, { St. Mary of Bethlehem}] Para- \ Par" a-\ [ Gr. para` beside; prob. akin to E. for- in forgive. Cf. { For-}.] 1. A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Chem.) A prefix denoting: ( a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. ( b) Specifically: ( Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. { Ortho-}, and { Meta-}. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster]
Para \ Pa* ra"\, n. [ Turk., fr. Per. p[= a] rah a piece.] A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent. [ 1913 Webster]
Par' a \ Pa* r[' a]"\, n. 1. The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Short for { Par[' a] rubber}. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] Para- anaesthesia
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