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Endowment Or Trust: A fund that contains assets whose use is restricted only to the income earned by these assets.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Panic Buying Or Selling: Rapid trading of stocks or bonds in high volume in anticipation of sharply rising or falling prices, usually after unexpected news is released.

Pacinian Corpuscles: Sensory receptors located deep in the epidermis that detect pressure and vibration.