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A paramagnetic substance. Faraday. -- Par`a*mag*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism. Faraday.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric with malic acid.

Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino. Beck (Draper's Dict.)

; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.

Ornament; decoration. Beau. & Fl.

One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.

Specifically (Conic Sections), in the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.

Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.

A collector or writer of proverbs. [R.]

The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell.

A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America.

A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite.

The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition.

Relating to paramorphism; exhibiting paramorphism.

highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent; as, a paramount duty. "A traitor paramount." Bacon. Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score. -- Lord paramount, the king.

In a paramount manner.

used of a man or a woman. The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour Macaulay.