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paren
noun
pa·ren
\pəˈren\
Definition of paren
parens
: parenthesis 3 —usually plural There are four ways of erasing expressions in a logical statement, and one way of moving variables in and out of parens. — Clifford Barney, Electronics, 23 Dec. 1985
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Origin and Etymology of paren
by shortening
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