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Look up pair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pair or PAIR or Pairing may refer to: Pair (parliamentary convention), matching of members unable to
Pair
Two nucleobases bound by hydrogen bonds
A base pair (bp) is a fundamental unit of double-stranded nucleic acids consisting of two nucleobases bound to each other by hydrogen bonds. They form
Base_pair
Helper from a foreign country working for, and living as part of, a host family
An au pair (/oʊˈpɛər/; pl.: au pairs) is a person working for, and living as part of, a host family. Typically, au pairs take on a share of the family’s
Au_pair
Type of wiring used for communications
an untwisted balanced pair, a twisted pair reduces electromagnetic radiation from the pair and crosstalk between neighboring pairs and improves rejection
Twisted_pair
4♥ 4♠ K♠ 10♦ 5♠ ("one pair, fours" or a "pair of fours"). It ranks below two pair and above high card. Each one pair is ranked first by the rank of its pair, then by
List_of_poker_hands
Concept in algebraic topology
In mathematics, more specifically algebraic topology, a pair ( X , A ) {\displaystyle (X,A)} is shorthand for an inclusion of topological spaces i : A
Topological_pair
In statistics, a concordant pair is a pair of observations, each on two variables, (X1,Y1) and (X2,Y2), having the property that sgn ( X 2 − X 1 )
Concordant_pair
Two words that differ in only one element of their pronunciation
IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonology, minimal pairs are pairs of words or phrases in a particular language, spoken or signed, that
Minimal_pair
mathematics, a Wieferich pair is a pair of prime numbers p and q that satisfy pq − 1 ≡ 1 (mod q2) and qp − 1 ≡ 1 (mod p2) Wieferich pairs are named after German
Wieferich_pair
Matrices satisfying a differential equation
Lax pair is a pair of time-dependent matrices or operators that satisfy a corresponding differential equation, called the Lax equation. Lax pairs were
Lax_pair
Unordered set containing two elements
In mathematics, an unordered pair or pair set is a set of the form {a, b}, i.e. a set having two elements a and b with no particular relation between them
Unordered_pair
Collaborative technique for software development
Pair programming is a software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation. One, the driver, writes code while the
Pair_programming
Adjacent characters (tokens) merge-based compression algorithm
In computing, byte-pair encoding (BPE), or digram coding, is an algorithm, first described in 1994 by Philip Gage, for encoding strings of text into smaller
Byte-pair_encoding
Informal parliamentary arrangement
In parliamentary practice, pairing is an informal arrangement between the government and opposition parties whereby a member of a legislative body agrees
Pair (parliamentary convention)
Pair_(parliamentary_convention)
2023 murders in Virginia
murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan, dubbed the au pair affair and the au pair murders in the media, occurred on February 24, 2023, in Herndon
Murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan
Murders_of_Christine_Banfield_and_Joseph_Ryan
Biological term
In biology, a pair bond is the strong affinity that develops in some species between a mating pair, often leading to the production and rearing of young
Pair_bond
Reluctance of s-orbitals to take part in bond formation
The inert-pair effect is the tendency of the two electrons in the outermost atomic s-orbital to remain unshared in compounds of post-transition metals
Inert-pair_effect
2024 novel by Casey McQuiston
The Pairing is a 2024 romance novel by Casey McQuiston published by St. Martin's Griffin. The plot follows Theo and Kit, two bisexual exes who happen
The_Pairing
Japanese novel series
Dirty Pair (Japanese: ダーティペア, Hepburn: Dāti Pea) is a series of Japanese light novels (the first one being a fix-up) written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated
Dirty_Pair
Bilinear map in mathematics
In mathematics, a pairing is an R-bilinear map from the Cartesian product of two R-modules, where the underlying ring R is commutative. Let R be a commutative
Pairing
Creation of particle-antiparticle pair from a neutral boson
antiproton. Pair production often refers specifically to a photon creating an electron–positron pair near a nucleus. As energy must be conserved, for pair production
Pair_production
Pair of mathematical objects
In mathematics, an ordered pair, denoted (a, b), is a pair of objects in which their order is significant. If a and b are different, then (a,b) is different
Ordered_pair
Pair of electrons bound together at low temperature, allowing for superconductivity
In condensed matter physics, a Cooper pair or BCS pair (Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer pair) is a pair of electrons (or other fermions) bound together at low
Cooper_pair
pair within a string is a pair of matching substrings that are maximal, where "maximal" means that it is not possible to make a longer matching pair by
Maximal_pair
Two consecutive integers for which the sums of the prime factors of each are equal
In mathematics, a Ruth–Aaron pair consists of two consecutive integers (e.g., 714 and 715) for which the sums of the prime factors of each integer are
Ruth–Aaron_pair
Concept in mathematics
mathematics, a Bailey pair is a pair of sequences satisfying certain relations, and a Bailey chain is a sequence of Bailey pairs. Bailey pairs were introduced
Bailey_pair
Potential energy of two interacting objects as a function of their distance
In physics, a pair potential is a function that describes the potential energy of two interacting objects solely as a function of the distance between
Pair_potential
Lossless, but memory-consuming, data compression algorithm
Re-Pair (short for recursive pairing) is a grammar-based compression algorithm that, given an input text, builds a straight-line program, i.e. a context-free
Re-Pair
aviation, a city pair is defined as a pair of departure (origin) and arrival (destination) airport codes on a flight itinerary. A given city pair may be a single
City_pair
Pair of valence electrons which are not shared with another atom in a covalent bond
lone pair refers to a pair of valence electrons that are not shared with another atom in a covalent bond and is sometimes called an unshared pair or non-bonding
Lone_pair
Example of conversational turn-taking in linguistics
In linguistics, an adjacency pair is an example of conversational turn-taking. An adjacency pair is composed of two utterances by two speakers, one after
Adjacency_pairs
Cave and archaeological site in southwestern France
The Pair-non-Pair Cave is located near the village of Prignac-et-Marcamps, Aquitaine:Gironde (33) department in France. Only discovered in 1881 it is
Pair-non-Pair
In mathematics, a Hessian pair or Hessian duad, named for Otto Hesse, is a pair of points of the projective line canonically associated with a set of
Hessian_pair
Concept in group theory
In mathematics, a (B, N) pair is a structure on groups of Lie type that allows one to give uniform proofs of many results, instead of giving a large number
(B,_N)_pair
Cryptographic system with public and private keys
cryptographic systems that use pairs of related keys. Each key pair consists of a public key and a corresponding private key. Key pairs are generated with algorithms
Public-key_cryptography
In algebraic geometry, a logarithmic pair consists of a variety, together with a divisor along which one allows mild logarithmic singularities. They were
Logarithmic_pair
Ethernet physical layers using twisted-pair cables
Ethernet over twisted-pair technologies use twisted-pair cables for the physical layer of an Ethernet computer network. They are a subset of all Ethernet
Ethernet_over_twisted_pair
Two asteroids that were once in binary
An asteroid pair, or (if more than two bodies) an asteroid cluster, are asteroids which at some point in the past had very small relative velocities, and
Asteroid_pair
Professional wrestling tag team
The Beauty Pair were a professional wrestling tag team and Japanese female pop music duo consisting of Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda. Formed in 1976 in All
Beauty_Pair
Nucleic acid pairing variations
A Hoogsteen base pair is a variation of base-pairing in nucleic acids such as the A•T pair. In this manner, two nucleobases, one on each strand, can be
Hoogsteen_base_pair
Bipolar transistor configuration in electronics
the Sziklai pair, also known as a complementary feedback pair, is a configuration of two bipolar transistors, similar to a Darlington pair. In contrast
Sziklai_pair
High-energy gamma ray detector
In photonics, a pair-conversion instrument detects high-energy gamma rays by providing an environment—generally a thin foil of dense metal, commonly tungsten—in
Pair-conversion
foreign exchange market, synthetic currency pair or synthetic cross currency pair is an artificial currency pair which generally is not available in market
Synthetic_currency_pair
Data representation method in computing systems
A name–value pair, also known as an attribute–value pair, key–value pair, or field–value pair, is a fundamental data representation in computer systems
Name–value_pair
American television sitcom
Pair of Kings is an American television sitcom created by Dan Cross and David Hoge that originally aired on the cable channel Disney XD from September
Pair_of_Kings
In mathematics—specifically, in Riemannian geometry—a Wiedersehen pair is a pair of distinct points x and y on a (usually, but not necessarily, two-dimensional)
Wiedersehen_pair
Discipline of figure skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their
Pair_skating
British television series
The Au Pair is a 2025 four-part British television crime drama thriller series starring Sally Bretton, Ludmilla Makowski and David Suchet. It was broadcast
The_Au_Pair_(TV_series)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up au pair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An au pair is a person who takes care of children. Au pair or au pairs can refer to: Au Pair (film series)
Au_pair_(disambiguation)
Mathematical object
In mathematics, a Gelfand pair is a pair (G, K ) consisting of a group G and a subgroup K (called an Euler subgroup of G) that satisfies a certain property
Gelfand_pair
Quotation of the relative value of two currencies
A currency pair is the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market. The currency
Currency_pair
1973 compilation album by Pink Floyd
A Nice Pair is a compilation album by Pink Floyd, re-issuing their first two albums, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets in a new
A_Nice_Pair
Two railcars operating together as one
twin units are also known as married pairs. On passenger railroads, light rail, and monorail services, married pairs may have machinery necessary for full
Twin_unit
Stereo recording technique
Blumlein pair is a stereo recording technique invented by Alan Blumlein for the creation of recordings that, upon replaying through headphones or loudspeakers
Blumlein_pair
Lasting attraction between dissolved cations and anions in solution
In chemistry, the intimate ion pair concept, introduced by Saul Winstein, describes the interactions between a cation, anion and surrounding solvent molecules
Intimate_ion_pair
In the mathematical field of representation theory, a reductive dual pair is a pair of subgroups (G, G′) of the isometry group Sp(W) of a symplectic vector
Reductive_dual_pair
Particle physics process
Higgs boson pair production, also known as di-Higgs production (HH), is a process in particle physics regarding the self-interactions of the Higgs boson
Higgs_pair_production
Multi-transistor electronics configuration
electronics, a Darlington configuration (commonly called as a Darlington pair) is a circuit consisting of two bipolar transistors with the emitter of one
Darlington_transistor
Topics referred to by the same term
Differential pair may refer to: A pair of conductors used in differential signalling Long-tailed pair, a two-transistor circuit in a differential amplifier
Differential_pair
Proprietary standard for pairing Bluetooth devices
The Google Fast Pair Service, or simply Fast Pair, is Google's proprietary standard for quickly pairing Bluetooth devices when they come in close proximity
Fast_Pair
Topics referred to by the same term
The Wild Pair may refer to: The Wild Pair (film), a 1987 American film The Wild Pair (duo), a singing duo This disambiguation page lists articles associated
The_Wild_Pair
Topics referred to by the same term
critical pair may refer to: Critical pair (term rewriting), terms resulting from two overlapping rules in a term rewriting system Critical pair (order theory)
Critical_pair
Technical condition on the relationship between a reductive Lie algebra and a subalgebra
mathematical fields of Lie theory and algebraic topology, the notion of Cartan pair is a technical condition on the relationship between a reductive Lie algebra
Cartan_pair
Distribution of distances between pairs of particles in a given volume
The pair distribution function describes the distribution of distances between pairs of particles contained within a given volume. Mathematically, if a
Pair_distribution_function
2022 song by Beabadoobee
"The Perfect Pair" is a song by Filipino-British singer Beabadoobee. It was written by Jacob Bugden and Beabadoobee, and became available as the fifth
The_Perfect_Pair
Mobile messaging app
Couple, formerly Pair, was a mobile app that provided a mobile messaging service for two people, especially romantic couples. Like many mobile phone messaging
Couple_(app)
Prime knot with crossing number 10
In the mathematical theory of knots, the Perko pair, named after Kenneth Perko, is a pair of entries in classical knot tables that actually represent the
Perko_pair
Topics referred to by the same term
Single-pair may refer to: Single-pair high-speed digital subscriber line, a data communications technology Single-pair shortest-path problem, the problem
Single-pair
Pair of zeros of the Riemann zeta function
In the study of the Riemann hypothesis, a Lehmer pair is a pair of zeros of the Riemann zeta function that are unusually close to each other. They are
Lehmer_pair
Non-monogamy in monogamous species
this pairing is extra-pair copulation. Across the animal kingdom, extra-pair copulation is common in monogamous species, and only a very few pair-bonded
Extra-pair_copulation
In telephony, pair gain is the transmission of multiple plain old telephone service (POTS) channels over the twisted pair local loop traditionally used
Pair_gain
Type of high-energy supernova in very large stars
A pair-instability supernova is a type of supernova predicted to occur when pair production — the production of free electrons and positrons in the collision
Pair-instability_supernova
RNA base pair that does not follow Watson–Crick base pair rules
base pair is a pairing between two nucleotides in RNA molecules that does not follow Watson–Crick base pair rules. The four main wobble base pairs are
Wobble_base_pair
Connection between two physical objects which constrains their relative movement
In classical mechanics, a kinematic pair is a connection between two physical objects that imposes constraints on their relative movement (kinematics)
Kinematic_pair
Fishing activity using two boats
Pair trawling is a fishing activity carried out by two boats, with one towing each warp (the towing cables). As the mouth of the net is kept open by the
Pair_trawling
Paired-end tags (PET) (sometimes "Paired-End diTags", or simply "ditags") are the short sequences at the 5’ and 3' ends of a DNA fragment which are unique
Paired-end_tag
System for delivering power along with data over an Ethernet cable
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX, making troubleshooting easier, i.e. pairs 1 and 4. 4PPoE or 4-pair mode uses all four twisted pairs in parallel, increasing the achievable power
Power_over_Ethernet
In linguistics, arc pair grammar (APG) is a theory of syntax that aims to formalize and expand upon relational grammar. It primarily builds upon the relational
Arc_pair_grammar
Boat class used in competitive rowing
A coxless pair, abbreviated as a 2- and also known as a straight pair, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two
Coxless_pair
2018 American science fiction film directed by Neil Breen
Twisted Pair is a 2018 American independent science fiction psychological thriller film directed, produced, scored, edited, and written by Neil Breen.
Twisted_Pair_(film)
Bonded animals which cooperate to produce offspring
Breeding pair is a pair of animals which cooperate over time to produce offspring with some form of a bond between the individuals. For example, many birds
Breeding_pair
1984 studio album by King Crimson
Three of a Perfect Pair is the tenth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 23 March 1984 in the UK by E.G. Records. It
Three_of_a_Perfect_Pair
1977 novel by Jonathan Gash
The Judas Pair is a crime novel by Jonathan Gash. It is the first book in the Lovejoy series. The story was first published in 1977 and won a John Creasey
The_Judas_Pair
Mathematical Quadratic formula
In mathematical finite group theory, a quadratic pair for the odd prime p, introduced by Thompson (1971), is a finite group G together with a quadratic
Quadratic_pair
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2012 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
2012_Acrobatic_Gymnastics_World_Championships
2017 children's book by Aaron Reynolds
Creepy Pair of Underwear! is a 2017 children's picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown. It is a part of the Jasper Rabbit's
Creepy_Pair_of_Underwear!
1962 British film by Ralph Thomas
A Pair of Briefs is a 1962 black and white British courtroom comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda De Banzie
A_Pair_of_Briefs
Software testing technique
Pair testing is a software development technique in which two team members work together at one keyboard to test the software application. One does the
Pair_testing
Two electrons that occupy the same molecular orbital but have opposite spins
In chemistry, an electron pair or Lewis pair consists of two electrons that occupy the same atomic or molecular orbital but have opposite spins. Gilbert
Electron_pair
2011 Taiwanese TV series or program
Inborn Pair (Chinese: 真愛找麻煩; pinyin: Zhen Ai Zhao Ma Fan) is a 2011 to 2012 Taiwanese romantic comedy drama television series created and developed by
Inborn_Pair
1979 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
A Classy Pair is a 1979 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, with arrangements by Benny
A_Classy_Pair
Prime differing from another prime by two
prime pair (17, 19) or (41, 43). In other words, a twin prime is a prime that has a prime gap of two. Sometimes the term twin prime is used for a pair of
Twin_prime
Choral composition by Hubert Parry
Blest Pair of Sirens is a work for choir and orchestra by the English composer Hubert Parry, setting John Milton's ode At a solemn Musick. It was first
Blest_Pair_of_Sirens
Matched pair testing is used to detect discrimination. The focus is to determine the presence of disparate treatment in the offering of goods and services
Matched_pair_testing
Chemical bond by sharing of electron pairs
sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs. The stable balance of attractive
Covalent_bond
1985 single by The Pogues
"A Pair of Brown Eyes" is a single by The Pogues, released on 18 March 1985. It featured on the band's second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, and was composed
A_Pair_of_Brown_Eyes
Japanese manga series by Hiromu Arakawa
Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Japanese: 黄泉のツガイ, Hepburn: Yomi no Tsugai; lit. 'Pairs from the Underworld') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated
Daemons_of_the_Shadow_Realm
Commune in Normandy, France
Saint-Pair is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Communes of the Calvados department "Répertoire national
Saint-Pair
Post and Pair or Post and Pare is a gambling card game that was popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries — another name of the game was Pink.
Post_and_pair
Three-holed sphere
In mathematics, a pair of pants is a surface which is homeomorphic to the three-holed sphere. The name comes from considering one of the removed disks
Pair_of_pants_(mathematics)
PAIR
PAIR
Male
Yiddish
(בֶּער) Yiddish name derived from German baer, BER means "bear." It is often paired with Dov--for example, Ber Dov, Dovber--which also means "bear" in Hebrew and has been borne by many rabbis and Zionists.
Girl/Female
Indian
First born of a pair
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : probably ‘brother of someone called Fair’ or else a descriptive name for the better-looking of a pair of brothers.
Boy/Male
Tamil
A pair, A month of kerala midhunam
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of a pair of villages in Hampshire, so called from Old English stÄn ‘stone’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded in Domesday Book as Maneshale, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Mann + Old English scylf ‘shelf’, ‘ledge’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a pair of villages in Northumbria named with Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular) or beonet ‘bent grass’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The name is now most frequent in the West Midlands, however, so it may be that a place of the same name in that area should be sought as its origin.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places so called. The final syllable represents Old English tÅ«n ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The first element has a wide variety of possible origins. In the case of three examples in Lincolnshire it is Old English hÅh ‘spur of a hill’; for places in Oxfordshire and Somerset it is Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’; for one in Dorset it may be Old English holh ‘hollow’, ‘depression’ or holt ‘small wood’; for a further pair in Suffolk it may be hola, genitive plural of holh ‘hollow’, but more probably a personal name HÅla.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
First born of a pair
Girl/Female
Muslim
First born of a pair
Girl/Female
Indian
Pair of Pears
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town. The Middle English singular gate is from the Old English plural, gatu, of geat ‘gate’ (see Yates). Since medieval gates were normally arranged in pairs, fastened in the center, the Old English plural came to function as a singular, and a new Middle English plural ending in -s was formed. In some cases the name may refer specifically to the Sussex place Eastergate (i.e. ‘eastern gate’), known also as Gates in the 13th and 14th centuries, when surnames were being acquired.Americanized spelling of German Götz (see Goetz).Translated form of French Barrière (see Barriere).In New England, Gates was the preferred English version of the name of an extensive French family, called Barrière dit Langevin.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Old French paradis, denoting someone who lived by a park or pleasure garden, especially one attached to a monastery, nunnery, or cathedral.Americanized form of French Paradis or Italian Paradiso.Americanized form of a Greek family name such as Paradissis, Paradissiadis, or Paradissopoulos, from a personal name based on ancient Greek paradeisos ‘paradise’, ‘pleasure garden’, from Persian pairidaesa ‘royal park’.Americanized form of German Paradies, a German topographic name and house name and an ornamental Ashkenazic Jewish name, from Middle High German paradīs(e), German Paradies ‘paradise’, ‘park’, ‘pleasure garden’ (see 1 and 3).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Marwadi
Pair
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
First Born of a Pair
Girl/Female
Muslim
First born of a pair
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Pair
Boy/Male
Hindu
A pair, A month of kerala midhunam
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
First born of a pair
PAIR
PAIR
Girl/Female
Muslim
Dew
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil, Traditional
Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Hindu
Personification of victory, A name of shirdi Sai baba
Male
Russian
(КириÌлл) Russian form of English Cyril, KIRILL means "lord."
Boy/Male
British, English
Wealthy Friend
Male
Hindi/Indian
(पà¥à¤°à¤£à¤¯) Hindi name PRANAY means "romance."
Boy/Male
Indian
Name of a prophet of almighty, A prophet title of the th
Girl/Female
Arabic
Beauty
Girl/Female
Indian
Star
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hildreth.
PAIR
PAIR
PAIR
PAIR
PAIR
n.
Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
imp. & p. p.
of Pair
n.
A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pair
a.
Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
a.
Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.
n.
A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.
n.
A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.
v. t.
To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.
a.
Not paired; not suited or matched.
v. i.
Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
v. i.
See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.
n.
Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.
n.
Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
n. pl.
A pair of blacksmith's tongs.
n.
An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.
pl.
of Pair
n.
One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
v. i.
The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.
n.
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]