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parallel English

Meaning parallel meaning

What does parallel mean?
Definitions in simple English

parallel Adjective

— When a line is parallel to another line, the two lines do not meet and they are the same distance from each other at every point. The two cars ran parallel to each other. s run along parallel rails.

parallel Noun

— A similarity between two things. I see a parallel between John and Beth - they both like to play with toy cars.

parallel Verb

— Be similar to. John parallels Beth when he plays with toy cars. — To be the same distant apart from each other at every point. Line A parallels line B.

parallel

— adjective being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting parallel lines never converge concentric circles are parallel dancers in two parallel rows — verb be parallel to Their roles are paralleled by ours — noun (= analogue) something having the property of being analogous to something else — verb make or place parallel to something They paralleled the ditch to the highway — noun an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator — adjective of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations parallel processing — noun (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) parallels never meet — verb (= twin, duplicate) duplicate or match The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse

Synonyms parallel synonyms

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parallel English » English

equal match compare collateral similar concurrent collimate twin side by side duplicate aligned parallelism parallel of latitude latitude even equivalent equidistant counterpart analogous abreast weft similarity resemble parallel line line of latitude comparison analogue analog alike akin uniform tantamount synonymous supervene straight similitude shunt connection shunt same resemblance relative perpendicular parallelwise paralleling paralleled parallel connection parallel circle paragon opposite number opponent

Topics parallel topics

What do people use parallel to talk about?
States Quality Type, kind Compare

Like, similar
Physical actions Move Travel

Map
States Quality Shape

Line

  • What words describe two lines that go in the same direction?
    parallel
States Time Relative time Before

At the same time
Physical actions Arrange

Multiple things moving
States Quality Shape

Horizontal

Conjugation parallel conjugation

How do you conjugate parallel?

parallel · verb

Examples parallel examples

How do I use parallel in a sentence?

Simple sentences

This line is parallel to that.
It has no parallel.
The road is parallel to the river.
This line is parallel to the other.
The two streets run parallel to one another.
The railroad is parallel to the road.
The promenade is parallel to the shore.
The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.
In the Bermuda Triangle there is a parallel universe.
She's very good at parallel parking.
Tom isn't very good at parallel parking.
Art is a harmony that runs parallel to nature.
Tom practiced his parallel parking.
Two parallel lines are equidistant.
The girl exercised on the parallel bars.
The opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
The road runs parallel to the river.
The road runs parallel with the river.
A parallelogram is a quadrilateral formed from two sets of parallel lines.

Movie subtitles

Tenth parallel north, latitude 150.
If it stays parallel to the surface it's anophelese.
Being a botanist, I find an astonishing parallel between a woman's heart and the wind flower or Anemone nemorosa.
In this situation, I find a parallel for the present world predicament.
You drive parallel on Lattimer.
If possible, your run should be made parallel to our lines.
If you hold the ship to this curve, we can meet her orbit and run parallel.
He doesn't always turn the same way, but twice he did, to run parallel with our course for a very few minutes.
But. if he does not turn parallel to our course, what can we do?
Four bandits on parallel course.
I don't see the parallel.
The island's somewhere on the seventh parallel.
I was merely drawing a parallel, Miss Daniels.
I find the parallel amusing.
He pointed out that some of the changes Sherriff made, such as adding Flora and her father, expanding Kemp's role, and making him a romantic rival, presented an interesting parallel.
We'll parallel their trail.
You see, gentlemen, the orbit of Orion is approximately this narrow path. between the equator and the 10-degree parallel.
In this situation I find a parallel for the present world predicament.
Now, Patrick, keep those lights parallel.
North Korea invaded the South, crossing the 38th Parallel last night.
Pull up parallel.
These parts run almost parallel to each other. We'll meet up a ways.
PARALLEL PLAN ES.
CALL IT PARALLEL PLANES OR JUST INSANITY.
So. although all the lines forming the fourth dimension are perpendicular to every point in the third, they're not necessarily parallel to us.
What are these parallel lines here?
I had imagined a parallel between the development of European conscience and chromosome activity.
Consider first, milord, on the 37th parallel. there are only a few places they could be.
So where on the 37th parallel would they be captured by Indians?
We'll go there and follow the 37th parallel over the Andes. until we find Captain Grant.
Then follow the parallel until we find Captain Grant.
On the 37th parallel.
I want to climb a parallel up to his head. and look at the people down below praying for my battalion.
Which is your parallel thrust?
Running parallel with the villas rushing by.
Parallel Earth, parallel Torchwood.

News and current affairs

The conscious memory of the past experience and the physiological responses elicited thus reflect the operation of two separate memory systems that operate in parallel.
Direct talks should concentrate on two parallel tracks.
Rather, through a combination of ingenious software and massive parallel computing power, they had produced a silicon-based entity capable of such finesse and subtlety, that international chess grandmasters worldwide (including me) were simply amazed.
The question now is whether the North Korea-Iran parallel stops with Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani.
STANFORD - While central governments' fiscal problems plague many economies, a parallel crisis is enveloping many subnational governments around the world.
There is a historical parallel to today's concern about the world's major reserve currency.
In parallel, mandatory measures would penalize any states attempting to circumvent the ban, as well as individuals involved in producing nuclear weapons.
No single economic space has ever been created without the parallel establishment of solidarity mechanisms to handle these risks and care for those left behind.
The parallel weakness of Olmert and Abbas has produced a parallel interest in a peace settlement.
As a result, it is still unclear whether dosage, duration of use, or parallel intake of other agents determine differences in their effect.
Legislative complexity is growing exponentially in parallel.
The technologies on which many of us depend today arose from a parallel convergence of discoveries in physics and engineering in the early twentieth century.
On the contrary, the historical record shows that Germany made the case for a parallel drive to monetary and political integration well before the fall of the Iron Curtain.
And it was the foreign press that detailed the parallel failure of the United Nations, whose agents were on the ground but whose inability to call genocide by its proper name led to a comatose response.
Unfortunately, the parallel between today's US crisis and previous financial crises is not mere hyperbole.
Of the four withdrawals, arguably the 1982-1984 American intervention in Lebanon marks the closest parallel to Iraq today.
Immigrants need to get to work and so they buy, sell, drive, and abandon cars in a parallel market.
Indeed, I can attest from personal experience that to debate her is to encounter someone who is absolutely certain of facts that must exist somewhere in a parallel universe.
But real parallel progress, driven by necessity and self-interest, is becoming the most likely medium-term path.
But no continent benefited more than Asia, whose dramatic economic rise since 1989 has occurred at a speed and scale without parallel in world history.
The best parallel that I can think of when it comes to understanding terrorism and how to deal with it is disease.
It drives the creation of new parallel institutions such as the AIIB and the New Development Bank, founded in 2014 by the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
Indeed, parallel to the Syrian drama, the rhetoric in the confrontation between Israel and Iran over the program has become dramatically harsher.
Direct talks should concentrate on two parallel tracks. They should attempt to produce an immediate cessation of violence from both sides while simultaneously focusing on a permanent settlement of our conflict.
Building on the ASEAN defense ministers' meeting, a formal dialogue between the defense ministers of eight key countries - China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and the US - will run in parallel with the ARF.
The armed forces operate a parallel economy, with its own mines, farms, and factories, though many soldiers and junior officers still go hungry.

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