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  • 11Parallel college — Parallel colleges are educational institutions peculiar to certain states, especially Kerala, in India. A parallel college is always privately owned and in most cases it is a small scale institution with very limited facilities. Whereas colleges… …

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  • 12parallel imports — plural noun Imports brought into a country through other than official channels, thus circumventing regulations, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑parallel * * * ˌparallel ˈimports 7 [parallel imports] noun …

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  • 13without parallel — index paramount, superlative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14Parallel standards — (Numismatics) Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the government to regulate their values. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 15Parallel Galaxy — is the first solo album recorded by Emmett Chapman, playing Chapman Stick, and it was released in 1985.This represented both an example of Chapman s artistry on the Stick, and also showed other musicians what was possible on the Stick. Though not …

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  • 16Parallel play — is a concept from developmental psychology. It means children playing side by side without interaction. It is commonly seen among children of ages 2 or 3. Children younger than that tend to play by themselves (solitary play). Older children… …

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  • 17Parallel universe (fiction) — A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self contained separate reality coexisting with one s own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a multiverse , although this term can also be used to describe the possible… …

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  • 18parallel — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ direct, exact ▪ clear, close, obvious, strong ▪ interesting, striking …

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  • 19parallel — par|al|lel1 [ perə,lel ] adjective ** 1. ) lines that are parallel are the same distance apart at every point along their whole length: I drew two parallel lines around the border of the drawing. parallel to: He leaned forward so that his body… …

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  • 20parallel — [[t]pæ̱rəlel[/t]] parallels, parallelling, parallelled (in AM, use paralleling, paralleled) 1) N COUNT If something has a parallel, it is similar to something else, but exists or happens in a different place or at a different time. If it has no… …

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