parasol

Noun
Synonyms: sunshade

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a handheld collapsible source of shadeSynonyms: sunshade
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

parasol \par"a*sol`\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*s[o^]l`; 277), n. [F., fr. Sp. or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp. & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg. sol (L. sol). See Parry, Solar.] A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun. [1913 Webster]
Parasol \Par"a*sol`\, v. t. To shade as with a parasol. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Parasol

Parallel Systems Object Language.

An object-oriented language which supports network and parallel computing. It has modules and exceptions.

["The Parasol Programming Language", R. Jervis <hjervis!rbj@uunet.uu.net>, Dr Dobbs J, Oct 1993, pp. 34-41].

(1995-01-26)

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