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English to English adjective
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being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting |  | Example: parallel lines never converge
concentric circles are parallel
dancers in two parallel rows
source: wordnet30
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Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes. | | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | | Example: parallel processing
source: wordnet30
noun
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something having the property of being analogous to something else | | source: wordnet30
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an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | | source: wordnet30
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(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) | | Example: parallels never meet
source: wordnet30
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A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. | | source: webster1913
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That arrangement of an electrical system in which all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to another conductor; -- called also multiple. Opposed to series. | | source: webster1913
verb
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be parallel to | | Example: Their roles are paralleled by ours
source: wordnet30
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make or place parallel to something | | Example: They paralleled the ditch to the highway
source: wordnet30
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duplicate or match | | Example: The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. | | source: webster1913
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