- a father or a mother.
- an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
- a source, origin, or cause.
- a protector or guardian.
- any organism that produces or generates another.
- the first nuclide in a radioactive series.
- being the original source: a parent organization.
- pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another: parent cell;parent DNA.
- to be or act as parent of: to parent children with both love and discipline.
- a father or mother
- a person acting as a father or mother; guardian
- an ancestor
- a source or cause
- an organism or organization that has produced one or more organisms or organizations similar to itself
- (as modifier)
- physics chem
- a precursor, such as a nucleus or compound, of a derived entity
- (as modifier)
