para

4 definitions found

para - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"
           [syn: parity, para]
      2: 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
      3: a soldier in the paratroops [syn: paratrooper, para]
      4: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River
         flows [syn: Para, Para River]
      5: port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port
         and commercial center for the Amazon River basin [syn:
         Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem,
         St. Mary of Bethlehem]