parallel
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek παράλληλος, from παρά + ἄλληλος, along each other
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parallel (not comparable)
- 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 railway line runs parallel to the road.
- The two railway lines are parallel.
- (hyperbolic geometry) said of a pair of lines: that they either do not intersect or they coincide[1]
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time
- a parallel algorithm
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- embarrassingly parallel
- parallelism
- parallel universe
- parallel computing
- parallel circuit
- parallel algorithm
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equally distant from one another at all points
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having the same overall direction
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computing: processing multipe tasks at the same time
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[edit] Adverb
parallel (comparative more parallel, superlative most parallel)
- With a parallel relationship
- The road runs parallel with the canal.
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with a parallel relationship
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[edit] Noun
parallel (plural parallels)
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- 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
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- perpendicular, skew (?)
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one of a set of parallel lines
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line of latitude
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[edit] Verb
parallel (third-person singular simple present parallels, present participle paralleling or parallelling (British only), simple past and past participle 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.
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to construct something parallel to something else
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of a path etc: to be parallel to something else
of a process etc: to be analogous to something else
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to compare or liken something to something else
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- ^ Jos Leys — The hyperbolic chamber (paragraph 8)
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[edit] Adjective
parallel (not comparable)
[edit] Declension
Declension of parallel
| positive | comparative | superlative | |||
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| attributive | predicative/adverbial | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | parallel | — | |||
| neuter singular |
indefinite | parallel | — | ||
| definite | parallelle | — | — | — | |
| common singular | parallelle | — | — | — | |
| plural | parallelle | — | — | — | |
| partitive | parallels | — | |||
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parallel (not comparable)
- 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.
