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  • 101parent — noun 1》 a father or mother.     ↘an animal or plant from which younger ones are derived. 2》 an organization or company which owns or controls a number of subsidiaries. 3》 archaic a forefather or ancestor. verb [often as noun parenting] be or act… …

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  • 102parent — par•ent [[t]ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær [/t]] n. 1) a father or a mother 2) a source, origin, or cause 3) dvl bio any organism that produces another 4) a precursor; progenitor 5) cvb being the original source 6) biochem. bio pertaining to an organism, cell,… …

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  • 103parent object —    In Novell Directory Services (NDS), an object that contains another object. This term is relative, because any particular parent object also has parent objects of its own and can be considered a child object from a certain perspective …

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  • 104parent nucleus — pirminis branduolys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. original nucleus; parent nucleus vok. Anfangskern, m; Ausgangskern, m; Elternkern, m; Mutterkern, m rus. исходное ядро, n; материнское ядро, n; первичное ядро, n pranc. noyau parent …

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  • 105parent atom — pirminis atomas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. parent atom vok. Mutteratom, n rus. исходный атом, m; материнский атом, m pranc. atome initial, m; atome parent, m; atome père, m …

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  • 106parent key — registro viršraktis statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis ↑Registro raktas, gaubiantis kitą registro raktą, – taip vadinamas gaubiamojo rakto atžvilgiu. Viršraktį gali gaubti kiti viršrakčiai – jų atžvilgiu jis yra poraktis. Vienas į kitą… …

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  • 107parent — [15] Latin parere meant ‘bring forth, give birth’. Its present participle was used to form a noun, parēns, which denoted literally ‘one who gives life to another’, hence a ‘mother’ or ‘father’. Its stem form parent passed into English via Old… …

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  • 108parent-teacher association — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : an organization of local groups of teachers and the parents of their pupils to work for the improvement of the schools and the benefit of the pupils abbr. PTA * * * noun, pl ⋯ tions [count] : a local organization of… …

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  • 109Parent show — Refers to a TV series that has spawned a spin off. For example, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the parent show of Angel …

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  • 110parent — 1. An individual who has produced at least one offspring through sexual reproduction. 2. Any source or basis, as for the elaboration of a substance. [L. parens, fr. pario, to bring forth] * * * parenteral * * * par·ent par ənt, per n 1) one that… …

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