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    <title>parallel</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-05-03T23:27:48Z</timestamp>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{etyl|grc}} [[παράλληλος]] &lt; [[παρά]] + [[ἄλληλος]], along eachother

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-parallel.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{enPR|păr'ə-lĕl&quot;}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# Of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: [[equally|Equally]] [[distant]] from one another at all points.
#: ''The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.''
# '''parallel to''': Of one thing, relative to another: Equally distant from at all points.
#: ''The railway line runs '''parallel''' to the road.''

====Antonyms====
* [[perpendicular]]
* [[skew]]

====Derived terms====
* [[parallelism]]
* [[parallel universe]]
* [[parallel computing]]
* [[parallel circuit]]
* [[parallel algorithm]]

====Related terms====
* [[sequential]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: equally distant from one another at all points}}
* Arabic: {{Arab|[[موازي]]}} {{IPAchar|(muwāzi)}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|զուգահեռ|tr=zugaheṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}
* Chinese: [[平行]] (píngxíng)
* Czech: {{t-|cs|rovnoběžný|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|evenwijdig}}, {{t+|nl|parallel}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|paralela|xs=Esperanto}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|rööpne}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|rinnakkainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|parallèle}}
* German: {{t+|de|parallel}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|מקבילים|makbilím}} {{m|p}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|párhuzamos}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|parallelo}}
* Japanese: [[平行]]の (へいこうの, heikō no)
* Korean: [[평행의]] (pyeonghaeng-ui)
* Polish: {{t+|pl|równoległy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|paralelo}}
* Russian: [[параллельный]] (parallél’nyj)
* Spanish: {{t-|es|paralelo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|parallell}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|of one thing, relative to another: Equally distant from at all points}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|զուգահեռ|tr=zugaheṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}
* Dutch: [[evenwijdig]] [[met]]/[[aan]], [[parallel]] [[met]]
* Estonian: {{t|et|rööpne}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|rinnakkainen}}, {{t-|fi|yhdensuuntainen}}
* French: parallèle à
{{trans-mid}}
* German: [[parallel]] [[zu]]
* Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|מקביל|makbíl}} {{m|s}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|parallell}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* {{ttbc|Telugu}}: [[సమాంతరము]] (samaaMtaramu)
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv}}

# With a parallel relationship
#: The road runs '''parallel''' with the canal.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|with a parallel relationship}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|parallelamente}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# One of a set of parallel [[line]]s.
# A line of [[latitude]].
#: ''The 31st '''parallel''' passes through the center of my town.''
# An arrangement of [[electrical]] [[component]]s such that a [[current]] flows along two or more paths; see [[in parallel]]

====Antonyms====
* [[perpendicular]], [[skew]] (?)

====Translations====
{{trans-top|one of a set of parallel lines}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|զուգահեռ|tr=zugaheṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|rovnoběžka|f}}
* Dutch: [[evenwijdige]] {{f}}
* German: [[Parallele]] {{f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|מקביל|makbíl}} {{m}}
* Hungarian: [[párhuzamos vonal]]
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|line of latitude}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|զուգահեռական|tr=zugaheṙakan|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|rovnoběžka|f}}
* Dutch: {{t-|nl|breedtegraad|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|parallèle|m}}
* German: [[Breitengrad]] {{m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|קו רוחב|káv rókhav}} {{m}}
* Hungarian: [[szélességi fok]], [[szélességi kör]]
* Polish: [[równolężnik]] {{m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|parallels|'''[[paralleling]]''' ''or'' '''[[parallelling]]''' (British only)|'''[[paralleled]]''' ''or'' '''[[parallelled]]''' (British only)}}

# To [[construct]] 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.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to construct something parallel to something else}}
* Korean: [[갋다]] (''galbda, gap-)
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|of a path etc: To be parallel to something else}}
* Korean: [[나란하다]] (naran-hada)
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|of a process etc: To be analogous to something else}}
* Korean: [[나란하다]] (naran-hada)
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to [[compare]] or [[liken]] something to something else}}
* Greek: {{t|el|παραλληλίζω|sc=Grek}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Korean: [[견주다]] (gyeonjuda)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|להקביל|lehakbíl}}
{{checktrans-mid}}
* Hebrew: {{he-translation|להשוות|lehashvót}}
{{checktrans-bottom}}

===Related terms===
* [[parallelism]]
* [[parallelogram]]
* [[unparalleled]]

[[Category:1000 English basic words]]

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==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|De-parallel.ogg|Audio}}

===Adjective===
'''parallel'''

# [[parallel#English|parallel]]
#: ''Die Linien meines Schreibpapiers laufen exakt parallel.''
#: ''Die eine Bahnschiene verläuft auch in der Kurve stets parallel zur anderen.''
# Serving the same purpose, leading to the same result
#: ''Die Autobahn verläuft parallel zur Eisenbahn aber in ganz unterschiedlichen Biegungen und Kurven.''
#: ''Die Eheleute hatten nichts verabredet, so haben sie parallel (zueinander) eingekauft.''

====Antonyms====
* [[gekreuzt]], [[schief]], [[windschief]]

====Related terms====
* [[Parallele]]
* [[Parallelenparalaxe]]
* [[parallelisieren]]
* [[Parallelogramm]]
* [[Parallelverschiebung]]

[[Category:Geospatial science]]
[[Category:Greek derivations]]

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[[ko:parallel]]
[[io:parallel]]
[[id:parallel]]
[[it:parallel]]
[[hu:parallel]]
[[nl:parallel]]
[[ja:parallel]]
[[pl:parallel]]
[[ru:parallel]]
[[simple:parallel]]
[[fi:parallel]]
[[sv:parallel]]
[[ta:parallel]]
[[te:parallel]]
[[tr:parallel]]
[[vi:parallel]]
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