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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
- 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
- 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.