(linguistics) The apparent paradox that children learning English encounter many sentences amenable to dative shift (e.g. "give the book to me" → "give me the book") but apparently have no way to learn that this is not possible with certain verbs (e.g. "*donate me the book" is unacceptable), and yet rarely make this kind of error.

plural of parallel parking

(computing, of a programming language) Supporting more than one programming paradigm, in order to allow the most suitable programming style for a task.

(mathematics) A theorem in set-theoretic geometry, which states that given a solid ball in three‑dimensional space, there exists a decomposition of the ball into a finite number of disjoint subsets, which can then be put back together in a different way to yield two identical copies of the original ball.

plural of parade lap

plural of paradigm shift

(economics) The apparently paradoxical observation that people's reported happiness varies directly with income both among and within nations, but over time happiness does not trend upward as income continues to grow.

(computing) The property of being massively parallel.

(rare, usually in the plural) A seed of Aframomum melegueta.

plural of parallel circuit