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   Par·al·lel

   /ˈperəˌlel/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them: "parallel lines never meet" Similar side by sidealignedcollateralequidistant
   • ▪ occurring or existing at the same time or in a similar way; corresponding: "a parallel universe" Similar similaranalogouscomparablecorrespondinglikeresemblingmuch the sameof a kindakinrelatedkindredequivalentcorrespondenthomologousanalogicalcognatecoequalmatchingduplicatecoexistingcoexistentconcurrentcontemporaneoussimultaneoussynchronousOpposite differentdissimilardivergent
   • ▪ involving the simultaneous performance of operations.
   • ▪ of or denoting electrical components or circuits connected to common points at each end, rather than one to another in sequence.

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that is similar or analogous to another: "a challenge that has no parallel in peacetime this century" Similar counterpartanalogequivalentlikenesscorrespondentmatchtwinduplicateequalcoequalmirrorrare:homolog
   • ▪ a similarity or comparison: "he draws a parallel between personal destiny and social forces" Similar similaritylikenessresemblanceanalogycorrespondenceequivalencecorrelationcomparisonrelationsymmetryparityparallelismsimilitudecoequality
   • 2. each of the imaginary parallel circles of constant latitude on the earth's surface.
   • 3. two parallel lines (‖) as a reference mark.

   verb

   • 1. (of something extending in a line) be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance: "a big concrete gutter that paralleled the road"
   • ▪ be similar or corresponding to (something): "the lawlessness throughout officialdom was paralleled by an increase in lawlessness on the streets" Similar resemblebe similar tobe likebear a resemblance tocorrespond tobe analogous tobe comparable/equivalent tocompare withequate with/tocorrelate withimitateechoremind one ofduplicatemirrorrepeatrecreatefollowmatchbe in harmony withchime (in) withcoincide withkeep pace withequalmatchrivalemulatetouch

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos ‘one another’.

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