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  • 31Parallel postulate — In geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid s fifth postulate since it is the fifth postulate in Euclid s Elements , is a distinctive axiom in what is now called Euclidean geometry. It states that: If a line segment intersects two… …

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  • 32Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf episode) — Infobox Red Dwarf episode name = Parallel Universe image caption = The crew use the Holly Hop Drive to go back to Earth, but instead are transported to a parallel universe number = 6 airdate = October 11, 1988 writers = Rob Grant Doug Naylor… …

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  • 33parallel — par•al•lel [[t]ˈpær əˌlɛl, ləl[/t]] adj. n. v. leled, lel•ing (esp. brit.) lelled, lel•ling, 1) extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of chairs[/ex] 2) having the same… …

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  • 34Parallel curve — An ellipse (red), its evolute (blue) and some parallel curves (green). Note how the parallel curves have cusps when they touch the evolute …

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  • 35Parallel computation thesis — In computational complexity theory, the parallel computation thesis is a hypothesis which states that the time used by a (reasonable) parallel machine is polynomially related to the space used by a sequential machine. The parallel computation… …

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  • 36parallel —    importing a measure of illegality or breach of contract    Describing political arrangements, where government is ineffective:     ... most citizens welcomed the end of anarchist gang terrorism... the system of parallel police and parallel… …

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  • 37Parallel state — The Parallel State is a term coined by American historian Robert Paxton to describe a collection of organizations or institutions that are state like in their organization, management and structure, though they are not officially part of the… …

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  • 38Parallel War —    At the time of the formation of the “Pact of Steel” (6–7 May 1939), Italian General Ugo Cavallero gave German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop a memorandum for the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, from Benito Mussolini, informing him that… …

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  • 39parallel-veined —   Having its veins parallel to one another, without major intersecting vascular bundles, e.g. the leaflets of all Cycas species.   Cf. anastomosing …

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  • 40parallel file — noun : blunt file * * * parallel file, a file of uniform section without taper from tang to point …

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