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- DictionaryPar·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"
noun
- 1. a person or thing that is similar or analogous to another: "a challenge that has no parallel in peacetime this century"
- 2. each of the imaginary parallel circles of constant latitude on the earth's surface.
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"
The meaning of PARALLEL is extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant, and not meeting. How to use parallel in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Parallel.
used to describe an event or situation that happens at the same time as and/or is similar to another one: a parallel example. Parallel experiments are being conducted in Rome, Paris and London. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. parallel adjective (COMPUTING) computing specialized.
Parallel definition: extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging. See examples of PARALLEL used in a sentence.
1 day ago · If something has a parallel, it is similar to something else, but exists or happens in a different place or at a different time. If it has no parallel or is without parallel, it is not similar to anything else.
In math, parallel means two lines that never intersect — think of an equal sign. Figuratively, parallel means similar, or happening at the same time. A story might describe the parallel lives of three close friends. Parallel is from Greek parallēlos, from the prefix para-, "beside," plus allēlōn, "of one another," from allos, "other."
parallel. noun [ C ] uk / ˈpærəlel / us. a similarity: There are a number of parallels between our two situations. People are drawing parallels (= describing similarities) between the two cases. (Definition of parallel from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
PARALLEL meaning: 1 : used to describe lines, paths, etc., that are the same distance apart along their whole length and do not touch at any point; 2 : very similar and often happening at the same time
