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par·al·lel (p

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adj.

1. Being an equal distance apart everywhere: dancers in two parallel rows. See Usage Note at absolute.

2. Mathematics

a. Of, relating to, or designating two or more straight coplanar lines that do not intersect.

b. Of, relating to, or designating two or more planes that do not intersect.

c. Of, relating to, or designating a line and a plane that do not intersect.

d. Of, relating to, or designating curves or surfaces everywhere equidistant.

a. Having comparable parts, analogous aspects, or readily recognized similarities: the parallel lives of two contemporaries.

b. Having the same tendency or direction: parallel motives and aims.

4. Grammar Having identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases.

5. Music

a. Moving in the same direction at a fixed interval: parallel motion; parallel fifths.

b. Having the same tonic. Used of scales and keys: C minor is the parallel minor scale of C major.

6. Electronics Denoting a circuit or part of a circuit connected in parallel.

7. Computer Science

a. Of or relating to the simultaneous transmission of all the bits of a byte over separate wires: a parallel port; a parallel interface.

b. Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations: parallel processing.

adv.

In a parallel relationship or manner: a road and a railway that run parallel.

1. Mathematics One of a set of parallel geometric figures, such as lines or planes.

a. One that closely resembles or is analogous to another: a unique event, without parallel in history.

b. A comparison indicating likeness; an analogy.

3. The condition of being parallel; near similarity or exact agreement in particulars; parallelism.

4. Any of the imaginary lines representing degrees of latitude that encircle the earth parallel to the plane of the equator.

5. Printing A sign indicating material referred to in a note or reference.

6. Electronics An arrangement of components in a circuit that splits the current into two or more paths. Used chiefly in the phrase in parallel.

tr.v. par·al·leled also par·al·lelled, par·al·lel·ing also par·al·lel·ling, par·al·lels also par·al·lels

1. To make or place parallel to something else: paralleled the ditch to the highway.

2. To be or extend parallel to: a trail that parallels the crater rim.

3. To be similar or analogous to: claimed that fetal development parallels the evolution of the species.

4. To be or provide an equal for; match.

5. To show to be analogous; compare or liken: critics who have paralleled the novel's plot to an ancient myth.

[Latin paralllus, from Greek paralllos : para-, beside; see para-¹ + allln, of one another (from allos, other; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

parallel

Adjective

1. separated by an equal distance at every point: parallel lines, a path parallel to the main road

2. precisely corresponding: we decide our salaries by comparison with parallel jobs in other charities

3. Computers operating on several items of information or instructions at the same time

Noun

1. Maths one of a set of parallel lines or planes

2. something with similar features to another

3. a comparison; similarity between two things: she attempted to excuse herself by drawing a parallel between her behaviour and ours

4. Also called: (parallel of latitude) any of the imaginary lines around the earth parallel to the equator, marking degrees of latitude

5. Printing the character ||, used as a reference mark

Verb

to correspond to: the increase in smoking is paralleled by an increase in lung cancer [Greek parallēlos alongside one another]

parallel (p

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Adjective

Of or relating to lines or surfaces that are separated everywhere from each other by the same distance.

Noun

Any of the imaginary lines encircling the Earth's surface parallel to the plane of the equator, used to represent degrees of latitude. See illustration at longitude.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	parallel - something having the property of being analogous to something else analog, analogue similarity - the quality of being similar echo - a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man"
	2.	parallel - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator line of latitude, parallel of latitude, latitude polar circle - a line of latitude at the north or south poles horse latitude - either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling winds line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent tropic - either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
	3.	parallel - (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes); "parallels never meet" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement figure - a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
Verb	1.	parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
	2.	parallel - make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" collimate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	3.	parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" twin, duplicate correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
Adj.	1.	parallel - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" comparable - able to be compared or worthy of comparison symmetric, symmetrical - having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"
	2.	parallel - of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures synchronal, synchronic, synchronous - occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations"