parallel
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[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek παράλληλος < παρά + ἄλληλος, along eachother
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- enPR: păr'ə-lĕl"
[edit] Adjective
parallel (not comparable)
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- Of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: 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.
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of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: equally distant from one another at all points
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of one thing, relative to another: Equally distant from at all points
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[edit] Adverb
parallel (comparative more parallel, superlative most parallel)
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- 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
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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
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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
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to 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
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of a process etc: To be analogous to something else
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parallel
- 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.
