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English Dictionary: parent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for parent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parent n a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian Antonym(s): child, kid an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained v bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Parent \Par"ent\, n. [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. [?] to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. {Part}.] 1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi. 1. 2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. --Channing. {Parent cell}. (Biol.) See {Mother cell}, under {Mother}, also {Cytula}. {Parent nucleus} (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See {Karyokinesis}, and {Cell division}, under {Division}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
parent (Or "mother", "precedessor") In a {tree}, a node which points to at least one {daughter} node. (1998-11-14)