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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
- The Syracuse group is developing prototypes of software technologies which will accelerate the take-up of general purpose parallel computing.
- Some of the passages can be explored, and are accessible from Princesshay, parallel with the High Street.
- These two elements in the story, the unparalleled beauty and the long deep sleep, are what light up the mind and set one questioning. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story
- Reut said there is a "coalescence" between "two parallel processes" - the so-called delegitimization forces, like NGOs and leftist organizations, and the militant Islamist efforts led by such groups as Hamas and Hezbollah. Window Into Palestine
- Bacon aside, the condensed force and poignant brevity of whose aphoristic wisdom has no parallel in English, there is no other prosaist who possesses anything like Milton's command over the resources of our language. Milton
- The caustic of a circle with radiant point on the circumference is a cardioid, while if the rays are parallel then the caustic is a nephroid.
- 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.
