Parallel (IPA: /ˈpɛɹəˌɫɛɫ/)
| Parallel (a.) |
Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes. |
| Parallel (a.) |
Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with. |
| Parallel (a.) |
Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage. |
| Parallel (n.) |
A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. |
| Parallel (n.) |
Direction conformable to that of another line, |
| Parallel (n.) |
Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity. |
| Parallel (n.) |
A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope. |
| Parallel (n.) |
Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart. |
| Parallel (n.) |
One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map. |
| Parallel (n.) |
One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress. |
| Parallel (n.) |
A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page. |
| Parallel (v. t.) |
To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else. |
| Parallel (v. t.) |
Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like. |
| Parallel (v. t.) |
To equal; to match; to correspond to. |
| Parallel (v. t.) |
To produce or adduce as a parallel. |
| Parallel (v. i.) |
To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. |
| Parallel |
Video album by REM |
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Manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi |
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Album by Black Dog Productions |
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2014 single by Keytalk |
| Parallel Synonyms |
Symmetric, Collateral, Nonintersecting, Nonconvergent, Symmetrical, Comparable, Antiparallel |
| Parallel Synonyms |
Synchronal, Synchronic, Synchronous |
| Parallel Synonyms |
Analogue, Analog |
| Parallel Synonyms |
Parallel Of Latitude, Latitude, Line Of Latitude |
| Parallel Synonyms |
Collimate |
| Parallel Synonyms |
Twin, Duplicate |
| Translations |
Parallel in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Kristine Kochanski (series VII - Back to Earth), A version of Lister's former girlfriend from a parallel universe" - Red Dwarf |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Paralleletically. In the direction of a parallel of latitude." - William Gilbert of Colchester, Physician of London |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "We are not working out issues anymore . We are working on a parallel universe, with competing proposals, up or down votes." - Olympia Snowe |
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