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1. | [ adjective ] being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting | |
Examples: | "parallel lines never converge" "concentric circles are parallel" "dancers in two parallel rows" |
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Related terms: | oblique perpendicular nonconvergent antiparallel collateral comparable symmetrical | |
2. | [ noun ] something having the property of being analogous to something else | |
Synonyms: | analogue analog | |
Related terms: | similarity analogy | |
3. | [ verb ] be parallel to | |
Examples: | "Their roles are paralleled by ours" |
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Related terms: | match analogue | |
4. | [ noun ] (geography) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | |
Synonyms: | line_of_latitude parallel_of_latitude latitude | |
Related terms: | line horse_latitude tropic polar_circle | |
5. | [ verb ] make or place parallel to something | |
Synonyms: | collimate | |
Examples: | They paralleled the ditch to the highway." |
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Related terms: | change | |
6. | [ adjective ] (computer science) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | |
Synonyms: | in_parallel | |
Examples: | "parallel processing" |
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Related terms: | computer_science synchronous | |
7. | [ verb ] duplicate or match | |
Synonyms: | duplicate twin | |
Examples: | "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" |
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Related terms: | match counterpart | |
Similar spelling: |
parallelize parallelism |