Definition of Parachor

1. a mathematical constant that relates molecular volume to surface tension [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parachor

paracentral lobule
paracentral nucleus of thalamus
paracentral scotoma
paracentric inversion
paracentrical
paracervical
paracervical block
paracervical block anaesthesia
paracervix
paracetaldehyde
paracetamol
paracetamols
parachlorophenol
parachlorophenoxyacetate
paracholera
parachor (current term)
parachordal
parachordal cartilage
parachordal plate
parachordals
parachors
parachroma
parachromatosis
parachronism
parachronisms
parachronistic
parachrose
parachrysotile
parachrysotiles
parachurch

Literary usage of Parachor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... reaction,20 parachor,21 the coupling constant,22 and carbon-13 chemical shifts.21 These results have suggested that additive substituent effects might ..."

2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"323): (1) A pair of cartilaginous plates on each side of the cephalic section of the notochord, known as the parachor- dals (pa. c/i). ..."

3. Chondrocranium, Amphibia by Henry Fox, Oliver Perry Hay, William A. Hilton, Henry Spencer Houghton, Benjamin Freeman Kingsbury, John Sterling Kingsley, Walter George Ridewood, W. H. van Seters, Guy Munroe Winslow (1890)
"La couleur de ce tissu, ainsi que celle des bandes parachor- dales de mésenchyme est due à l'accumulation des noyaux et au grand nombre de grains ..."

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