| Pronunciation: | 'pârluns | ||
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| Definition: | [n] a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language | ||
| Synonyms: | idiom | ||
| See Also: | expression, formulation | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Par"lance\, n. [OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See
{Parley}.]
Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal
parlance; in common parlance.
A hate of gossip parlance and of sway. --Tennyson.
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| Computing Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | A concurrent language. ["Parallel Processing Structures: Languages, Schedules, and Performance Results", P.F. Reynolds, PhD Thesis, UT Austin 1979]. | ||
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| Related Terms: | choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression, formulation, grammar, idiom, jargon, language, langue, lingo, lingua, locution, parole, personal usage, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, speech, talk, tongue, usage, use of words, usus loquendi, verbiage, wordage, wording | ||
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