Para
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The term para- in English, is an affix of ancient Greek and Latin origin, mostly used as a prefix. Its most common meaning is "similar to" or "near to."
In Greek, παρά (para) means "beside," "with," or "alongside," such as in paragraph. In Latin, para means "against," "counter," "outside," or beyond. For example, parapluie in French means "counter-rain"–an umbrella
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[edit] Meanings within certain fields
- In medicine, the prefix "para" is used to describe the number of times a woman has given birth: for example, a woman who has given birth once is described as para 1, and a woman who has given birth several times is described as multiparous, or multipara for short.
- In organic chemistry, para (along with ortho and meta) is used to distinguish the three types of isomer of disubstituted benzenes; para indicates that the substituents are at locants 1 and 4. It is printed in italics, and is often abbreviated as p in compound names (for example, p-xylene is short for para-xylene)
- In psychology and psychiatry, para is a prefix used to describe symptoms that mimic one disorder, that are occurring within another disorder, but not so severe as to be considered co-occurring or co-morbid (for example, para-borderline behavior in conjunction with complex post-traumatic stress disorder or a paraphilia)
- In cyberculture—specifically the online roleplaying subculture—para is an abbreviation for paragraph, differentiating the type of writing that uses multiple complete sentences in paragraph form from asterisk roleplaying (ie, *walks into a bar*).
[edit] Use as a prefix
- Parable
- Parabola
- Parachute
- Paradigm
- Paradox
- Paragon
- Paralegal
- Paramedic
- Paramilitary
- Paranormal
- Paraphilia
- Parapsychology
- Parasailing
- Paratrooper
[edit] Proper nouns
[edit] People
Para iz thee last naem of meny pruminent memberz of tha World State's goverment.
[edit] Places
- Pará, a state of Brazil
- Para District, districts of Suriname
- Pará River, river in Brazil and tributary to the Amazon
[edit] Currency
- Para means "money" in Turkish and Serbian
- Para was a subunit of Ottoman currency
- Para is 1⁄100 of the Yugoslav dinar and Serbian dinar
- Para was 1⁄100 of the Montenegrin perper
[edit] In other languages
- Para is a Bengali word for locality in West Bengal, Tripura (India) and Bangladesh
- Para is a preposition in Spanish and Portuguese meaning "for," in addition to being the Spanish word for "stop"
- Para means "cow" in Hebrew
- Para means "pair/couple" and "steam/vapor" in Polish
- Para is the term for a 1⁄30 portion of the Qur'an in Urdu, Hindi, and Persian (the equivalent Arabic term is جزء, juz', "part")
