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Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism. The antithetic or parallelistic form of Hebrew poetry is entirely lost. Milman.

To render parallel. [R.]

Matchless. [R.]

In a parallel manner; with parallelism. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles. Parallelogram of velocities, forces, accelerations, momenta, etc. (Mech.), a parallelog…

Of or pertaining to a parallelogram; parallelogrammic.

Having the properties of a parallelogram. [R.]

A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

A parallelopiped. Hutton.

Containing paralogism; illogical. "Paralogical doubt." Sir T. Browne.

A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formulæ; a formal fallacy, or pseudo- syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises.

To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises. [R.]

False reasoning; paralogism.

Same as Paralyze.

, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia. Also used figuratively. "Utter paralysis of memory." G. Eliot. Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership. Duke of Argyll (1887).

Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.

See Paralytic.

The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.

To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); -- called also dicyandiamide.