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noun
a lightweight umbrella used, especially by women, as a sunshade.
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Parasol
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parasol
1616, from Fr. parasol (1580), from It. parasole, lit. "protection from the sun," from para- "defense against" (from verb parere "to ward off") + sole "sun," from L. solem (nom. sol).
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Parasol definition
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].
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