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Intercepted Sign Or House: A House which appears within another House on the chart wheel. Common to those born in far northern or southern latitudes.

Paper Profit (Or Loss): If you own an asset that increases in value, any increase in value is a paper profit, or unrealized gain. If you sell the asset for more than you paid to buy it, your paper profit becomes an . . . View Full Definition

Panorex: An extraoral full-mouth X-ray that records the teeth and the upper and lower jaws on one film.

Parabolic Mirror: Silvered glass or metal reflector with a parabolic axial cross-section, used to produce near parallel rays from a light source positioned at its geometrical focus.

Panoramic Camera: Camera with a special type of scanning lens which rotates on its rear nodal point and produces an image of the scanned area on a curved plate or film.

Parallel Port: A parallel interface for connecting an external device such as a printer. Most personal computers have both a parallel port and at least one serial port. On PCs, the parallel port uses a 25- . . . View Full Definition

Paris Interbank Offer Rate (PIBOR): The deposit rate on interbank transactions in the Eurocurrency market quoted in Paris.

Parent or caretaker: Person responsible for the care of the child.

Panorama Shooting: Photographing several overlapping images in succession that can be joined in the computer using software.

Panorama: Picture presenting a continuous view of the landscape, produced either by using a panoramic camera or from a composite of several images.