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parallel

/'pærə,lɛl/

Synonyms of parallel Antonyms of parallel Examples of parallel Usage of parallel Parts of parallel Definition that contains parallel Words sounding like parallel Explanation of parallel

noun
something having the property of being analogous to something else
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analog analogue

type of:
similarity
verb
duplicate or match
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duplicate twin

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fit agree check correspond gibe jibe match tally
noun
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
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latitude line of latitude parallel of latitude

type of:
line
verb
make or place parallel to something
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"They paralleled the ditch to the highway"

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collimate

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alter modify change
adjective
being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
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"parallel lines never converge" "concentric circles are parallel" "dancers in two parallel rows"

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nonintersecting nonconvergent collateral antiparallel

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oblique perpendicular
verb
be parallel to
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"Their roles are paralleled by ours"

type of:
gibe fit agree tally match jibe check correspond
noun
(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
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"parallels never meet"

type of:
figure
adjective
of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
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"parallel processing"

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synchronic synchronal synchronous

Examples of parallel

"They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
"parallel lines never converge"
"concentric circles are parallel"
"dancers in two parallel rows"
"Their roles are paralleled by ours"
"parallels never meet"
"parallel processing"