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UK
/pˈæɹəlˌɛl/
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[ US /ˈpɛɹəˌɫɛɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛɹəˌɫɛɫ/ ]
NOUN
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
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(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
parallels never meet - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
ADJECTIVE
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being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
dancers in two parallel rows
parallel lines never converge
concentric circles are parallel -
of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
parallel processing
VERB
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make or place parallel to something
They paralleled the ditch to the highway -
duplicate or match
The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse -
be parallel to
Their roles are paralleled by ours
How To Use parallel In A Sentence
- In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing.
- The opposite change occurs in what are termed fastigiate varieties, where the branches, in place of assuming more or less of a horizontal direction, become erect and nearly parallel with the main stem as in the Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- There is already one clear parallel between them. Times, Sunday Times
- Running parallel to this tempestuous relationship is the whirlwind romance between weathergirl Hero, played by Billie Piper, and sports presenter Claude.
- Also, it is difficult to get across diagrammatically the iterative nature of grounded theory - in particular its commitment to the idea that data collection and analysis occur in parallel.
- This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
- The parallelisms are reinforced by frequent alliteration, indicated by italics.
- The _router-plane_, Figs. 121 and 122, is used to lower a certain part of a surface and yet keep it parallel with the surrounding part, and it is particularly useful in cutting panels, dadoes, and grooves. Handwork in Wood
- The Syracuse group is developing prototypes of software technologies which will accelerate the take-up of general purpose parallel computing.
- Crank baits trolled parallel to the shore or over sand flats in the DIRTY water where wind is blowing waves into the shore or shallows is good too regardless of the depth. Whats a good bait to use for walleye? ive never caught one but we now have land at a lake that is stocked with some.