parallel
Meaning of parallel
noun
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A line of latitude.
The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope
- One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
The two railway lines are parallel.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
a parallel algorithm
- With a parallel relationship.
The road runs parallel to the canal.
Information about parallel
- The plural form of parallel is: parallels.
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Hyphenation of parallel
par-al-lel
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- parallel is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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Words that rhyme with parallel
Antiparallel, Hallel, allel, antiparallel, coparallel, counterparallel, demiparallel, diallel, hallel, nonparallel, pseudoparallel, semiparallel, subparallel, ultraparallel, unparallel, sewellel, Hillel
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