PAR

noun

1. A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
2. A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
3. An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.

adjective

1. Equally distant from one another at all points.
2. Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
3. (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.

noun

1. A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
2. Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
3. A digression; the use of such digressions.