para centrical

[Eng. para centric; al.] The same as PARA CENTRIC, A. păr-a-chlör-al-ide, s. [Prefix para-; English chloral, and suff. -ide.] Chem.: C2HCl3O2. A pungent smelling liquid, 14°, boils at 182°, and is distinguished from chloral by its insolubility in water. păr-a-chlör-ō-běn-zō'-ic, a . [Pref. para- , and Eng. chlorobenzoic.] Derived from or containing chlorine and benzoic acid. parachlorobenzoic-acid, s. păr-a-chor-dal, subst. [Pref. para-, and Eng. chordal.] Embryology: One of the cartilaginous plates which form the first appearance of the skull in the development of vertebrates; so called from lying beside the notochord. pa-răch-ro-nism, subst . [Pref. para- , and Gr. chronos time; Fr. par ach ron is me . An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is fixed later than it should be. păr'-a-chrōse, a. [Gr. parachrōsis = false coloring: para =beyond, beside, and chrosis =coloring; chros =color.] Mineral.: Changing color by exposure to the weather. păr-a-chûte, subst. [Fr., for par ' à chute =that which guards against a fall; parer =to prepare, to guard against (Lat. paro); à =to, against (Lat. ad ), and chute =a fall.] A device by which a descent is made from a balloon or an eminence. It is a light structure, and affords a large area of resistance to the atmosphere. It is usually in shape like an umbrella, 20 to 25 feet in diame ter. It remains closed like an umbrella while the balloon to which it is Parachute. cart ham in.] fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, its velocity. parade parachute light-ball, s. Mil .: A thin iron shell containing two iron hem i spheres, the lower of which contains a composition which furnishes the light, and the upper a calico parachute tightly packed. It is fired from a mortar, and when the outer shell, which contains a small quantity of powder, is burst by the action of a fuse, the parachute opens by the pre ure of the air, and suspends the lower hemisphere containing the now lighted composition. It burns for about three minutes and is used in sieges to throw a light over the enemy's works. păr-a-chûte, v. t. [PARACHUTE, s.] To send down in, or as in, a parachute. "I was parachuted down A dapper Temple student." Colman : Poetical Vagaries , p. 19. păr-a-çit-ric, a . [Pref. para- , and Eng. citric .] Derived from citric acid.