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paras

/ˈpærəs/

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noun

Antigua subdivisión monetaria

A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

Examples :

""My grandfather remembers when you could buy a loaf of bread for just a few paras in Yugoslavia." "

Mi abuelo recuerda cuando se podía comprar una barra de pan por unos pocos paras en Yugoslavia.

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noun

Una mujer que ha tenido un cierto número de embarazos

A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Examples :

"The doctor noted that she was a para 3, having successfully carried three pregnancies to term. "

El médico observó que era una para 3, habiendo llevado con éxito tres embarazos a término.

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noun

Paracaidista

Examples :

"During the military exercise, the paras jumped from the plane and landed safely in the field. "

Durante el ejercicio militar, los paracaidistas saltaron del avión y aterrizaron sanos y salvos en el campo.

military person

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noun

Párrafo

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.

Examples :

"The student skipped a line and started a new paras to discuss the effects of climate change on local ecosystems. "

El estudiante saltó una línea y comenzó un nuevo párrafo para discutir los efectos del cambio climático en los ecosistemas locales.

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noun

Nota al margen, párrafo

A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.

Examples :

"The teacher used paras in the margin of my essay to highlight the sentences that needed improvement. "

El profesor usó notas al margen en mi ensayo para resaltar las frases que necesitaban mejorar.

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noun

Un desplazamiento de 16 bytes

An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.

Examples :

"Because the old computer's memory segmentation used a 16-bit architecture, addresses were often expressed in terms of segment and offset, with the offset being referred to as a paras. "

Debido a que la segmentación de memoria de la computadora antigua usaba una arquitectura de 16 bits, las direcciones a menudo se expresaban en términos de segmento y desplazamiento, refiriéndose al desplazamiento como un paras.

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