pair : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pair	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pair n a set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn: pair, brace] two items of the same kind Synonym(s): couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad two people considered as a unit a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value v form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" Synonym(s): pair, pair off, partner off, couple bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" Synonym(s): match, mate, couple, pair, twin occur in pairs Synonym(s): pair, geminate arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" Synonym(s): pair, geminate engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" Synonym(s): copulate, mate, pair, couple
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thermoelectric couple \Ther`moelec"tric couple\ [or] pair \pair\ (Elec.) A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. {Apparel}, {Par} equality, {Peer} an equal.] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. [bd]A pair of beads.[b8] --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. [bd]Four pair of stairs.[b8] --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. 2. 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. 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. 4. A married couple; a man and wife. [bd]A happy pair.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]The hapless pair.[b8] --Milton. 5. 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. 6. 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. [Parliamentary Cant] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. {Pair royal} (pl. {Pairs Royal}) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three [bd]eight spots[b8] etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. [bd]Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.[b8] --Goldsmith. [bd]That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].[b8] --Quarles. [Written corruptly {parial} and {prial}.] Syn: {Pair}, {Flight}, {Set}. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A [bd]pair of stairs[b8] is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, [bd]flight of stairs.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. t. [See {Impair}.] To impair. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pairing}.] 1. To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding. 2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart. My heart was made to fit and pair with thine. --Rowe. 3. Same as {To pair off}. See phrase below. {To pair off}, to separate from a company in pairs or couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. See {Pair}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pair \Pair\, v. t. 1. 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. Glossy jet is paired with shining white. --Pope. 2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. [Parliamentary Cant] {Paired fins}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fin}.