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English

Etymology

From παράλληλος < παρά + ἄλληλος

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-parallel.ogg


Adjective

  1. Of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: equally|Equally distant from one another at all points.
  2. : The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.
  3. parallel to: Of one thing, relative to another: Equally distant from at all points.
  4. : The railway line runs parallel to the road.


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Translations

  • Arabic:
  • Chinese: 平行 (píngxíng)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|rovnoběžný|m}}
  • Dutch: evenwijdig, evenwijdige, parallel, parallelle
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|paralela|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: parallèle à
  • German: parallel zu
  • Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Swedish:

Noun

  1. One of a set of parallel lines.
  2. A line of latitude.
  3. : The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.
  4. An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel


Antonyms


Translations

  • Czech: {{t-|cs|rovnoběžka|f}}
  • Dutch: evenwijdige
  • German: Parallele
  • Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|rovnoběžka|f}}
  • Dutch: breedtegraad
  • French: {{t+|fr|parallèle|m}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|παράλληλος|sc=Grek}}

Verb

{{en-verb|parallels|paralleling or parallelling (British only)|paralleled or parallelled (British only)}}

  1. To construct something parallel to something else.
  2. Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
  3. Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
  4. To compare or liken something to something else.


Translations

  • Korean: 갋다 (''galbda, gap-)
  • Hebrew:
  • Hebrew:
  • Greek: {{t|el|παραλληλίζω|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew:

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Category:1000 English basic words

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German

Adjective

parallel

  1. parallel#English|parallel
  2. : Die Linien meines Schreibpapiers laufen exakt parallel.
  3. : Die eine Bahnschiene verläuft auch in der Kurve stets parallel zur anderen.
  4. Serving the same purpose, leading to the same result
  5. : Die Autobahn verläuft parallel zur Eisenbahn aber in ganz unterschiedlichen Biegungen und Kurven.
  6. : Die Eheleute hatten nichts verabredet, so haben sie parallel (zueinander) eingekauft.


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Category:Greek derivations

ar:parallel de:parallel el:parallel fa:parallel fr:parallel ko:parallel io:parallel id:parallel it:parallel hu:parallel nl:parallel pl:parallel ru:parallel simple:parallel fi:parallel sv:parallel ta:parallel te:parallel vi:parallel tr:parallel zh:parallel

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parallel \Par"al*lel\, a. [F. parall[`e]le, L. parallelus, fr.
Gr. ?; para` beside + ? of one another, fr. ? other, akin to
L. alius. See Alien.]
1. (Geom.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts
equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
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Revolutions . . . parallel to the equinoctial.
--Hakluyt.
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Note: Curved lines or curved planes are said to be parallel
when they are in all parts equally distant.
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2. Having the same direction or tendency; running side by
side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same
result; -- used with to and with.
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When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and
our country, it can not be too much cherished.
--Addison.
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3. Continuing a resemblance through many particulars;
applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a
parallel case; a parallel passage. --Addison.
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Parallel bar.
(a) (Steam Eng.) A rod in a parallel motion which is
parallel with the working beam.
(b) One of a pair of bars raised about five feet above the
floor or ground, and parallel to each other, -- used
for gymnastic exercises.

Parallel circles of a sphere, those circles of the sphere
whose planes are parallel to each other.

Parallel columns, or Parallels (Printing), two or more
passages of reading matter printed side by side, for the
purpose of emphasizing the similarity or discrepancy
between them.

Parallel forces (Mech.), forces which act in directions
parallel to each other.

Parallel motion.
(a) (Mach.) A jointed system of links, rods, or bars, by
which the motion of a reciprocating piece, as a piston
rod, may be guided, either approximately or exactly in
a straight line. --Rankine.
(b) (Mus.) The ascending or descending of two or more
parts at fixed intervals, as thirds or sixths.

Parallel rod (Locomotive Eng.), a metal rod that connects
the crank pins of two or more driving wheels; -- called
also couping rod, in distinction from the connecting
rod. See Illust. of Locomotive, in App. -- {Parallel
ruler}, an instrument for drawing parallel lines, so
constructed as to have the successive positions of the
ruling edge parallel to each other; also, one consisting
of two movable parts, the opposite edges of which are
always parallel.

Parallel sailing (Naut.), sailing on a parallel of
latitude.

Parallel sphere (Astron. & Geog.), that position of the
sphere in which the circles of daily motion are parallel
to the horizon, as to an observer at either pole.

Parallel vise, a vise having jaws so guided as to remain
parallel in all positions.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parallel \Par"al*lel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paralleled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Paralleling.]
1. To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be
parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something
else.
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The needle . . . doth parallel and place itself upon
the true meridian. --Sir T.
Browne.
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2. Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character,
motive, aim, or the like.
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His life is paralleled
Even with the stroke and line of his great justice.
--Shak.
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3. To equal; to match; to correspond to. --Shak.
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4. To produce or adduce as a parallel. [R.] --Locke.
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My young remembrance can not parallel
A fellow to it. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parallel \Par"al*lel\, n.
1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant
from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
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Who made the spider parallels design,
Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? --Pope.
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2. Direction conformable to that of another line,
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Lines that from their parallel decline. --Garth.
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3. Conformity continued through many particulars or in all
essential points; resemblance; similarity.
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Twixt earthly females and the moon
All parallels exactly run. --Swift.
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4. A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as,
Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
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5. Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential
particulars; a counterpart.
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None but thyself can be thy parallel. --Pope.
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6. (Geog.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the
earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude;
also, the corresponding line on a globe or map; as, the
counry was divided into North and South at the 38th
parallel.
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7. (Mil.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before
a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover
for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are
roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the
fortress.
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8. (Print.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical
lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a
similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a
page.
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9. (Elec.) That arrangement of an electrical system in which
all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are
joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to
another conductor; -- called also multiple. Opposed to
series.

Note: Parts of a system so arranged are said to be

in parallel or

in multiple.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Limiting parallels. See under Limit, v. t.

Parallel of altitude (Astron.), one of the small circles of
the sphere, parallel to the horizon; an almucantar.

Parallel of declination (Astron.), one of the small circles
of the sphere, parallel to the equator.

Parallel of latitude.
(a) (Geog.) See def. 6. above.
(b) (Astron.) One of the small circles of the sphere,
parallel to the ecliptic.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parallel \Par"al*lel\, v. i.
To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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WordNet parallel
adj 1: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel
lines never converge"; "concentric circles are
parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" [ant: perpendicular,
oblique]
2: of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple
operations; "parallel processing"
n 1: something having the property of being analogous to
something else [syn: analogue, analog]
2: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
[syn: latitude, line of latitude, {parallel of
latitude}]
v 1: be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
2: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the
ditch to the highway" [syn: collimate]
3: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate]
[also: parallelling, parallelled]
Moby Dictionary
Antarctic Zone , Arctic Circle , Arctic Zone , Frigid Zones ,
Lambert conformal projection , Mercator projection ,
Miller projection , Torrid Zone , Tropic of Cancer ,
Tropic of Capricorn , Variable Zones , abri , accessory , accompanying ,
accord , admit of comparison , aeronautical chart , affiliate ,
affiliated , agnate , agree , agree with , akin , align , aligned , alike ,
allied , ally , alter ego , amount to , analogical , analogize ,
analogon , analogous , analogue , analogy , answer to , ape ,
appear like , apply , approach , approach trench , approximate , assent ,
assimilate , associate , associated , assort with , astronomical chart ,
atlas , attendant , attending , azimuthal equidistant projection ,
azimuthal projection , balance , be commensurable , be comparable ,
be consistent , be like , be of one , be parallel , be redolent of ,
be uniform with , bear resemblance , bind , bound , bracket , bracketed ,
break even , bring into analogy , bring into comparison ,
bring to mind , brother , bunker , call to mind , call up ,
cartographer , cartography , celestial chart , celestial globe , chart ,
check , chime , chorographer , chorography , climate , climatic chart ,
clime , close copy , close match , coequal , coequality , coextend ,
coextending , coextensive , cognate , cohere , coincide , coincident ,
collatable , collateral , collimate , collocate , combined , come close ,
come near , come to , come up to , commensurable , commensurate ,
communication trench , companion , comparable , comparative , compare ,
compare and contrast , compare to , compare with , compeer ,
complement , concomitant , concur , concurrent , conform , conform to ,
conform with , confront , congenator , congener , congruent ,
conic projection , conjoint , conjugate , connect , connected ,
consist with , consonant , contemporaneous , contemporary ,
contour line , contour map , contrast , cooperate , coordinate , copy ,
correlate , correlated , correlation , correlative , correspond ,
correspond to , correspond with , correspondence , correspondent ,
corresponding , counterbalance , counterfeit , countermine ,
counterpart , counterpose , couple , coupled , coupure ,
cylindrical projection , ditch , ditto , double , double sap , dovetail ,
draw , draw a comparison , draw a parallel , dugout , duplicate ,
duplication , echo , entrenchment , equal , equality , equate , equator ,
equidistant , equipoise , equipollent , equiponderance , equispaced ,
equivalence , equivalent , even , even off , even up , evoke ,
fall in together , favor , fellow , fire trench , fit together ,
flying sap , follow , fortified tunnel , fosse , foxhole , gallery ,
general reference map , globe , gnomonic projection , go alongside ,
go beside , go together , go with , graphic scale , grid line , hachure ,
hang together , harmonize , heliographic chart , hit , hold together ,
homologous , homologue , horse latitudes , hydrographic chart ,
identify , image , imitate , implicated , in proportion , index ,
interlinked , interlock , interlocked , interrelate , interrelated ,
intersect , involved , isoline , iterate , jibe , joined , joint ,
keep pace with , kindred spirit , kinship , knot , knotted , latitude ,
layer tint , legend , like , liken , liken to , likeness , line up ,
lined up , link , linked , lock , longitude , longitude in arc ,
look like , map , map maker , map projection , mapper , match ,
match up with , matchable , matching , mate , measure against ,
measure up to , meridian , metaphorize , mimic , mine , mirror , moat ,
much at one , mutatis mutandis , mutual , near , near duplicate ,
nearly reproduce , nonconvergent , nondivergent , not compare with ,
not tell apart , obverse , of a kind , of a piece , of a size ,
of that ilk , of that kind , offset , oppose , opposite number ,
overlap , paired , paragon , parallel bar , parallel file ,
parallel line , parallelepiped , parallelepipedal , paralleler ,
parallelinervate , paralleling , parallelism , parallelize ,
parallelodrome , parallelogram , parallelogrammatic ,
parallelogrammic , parallelotropic , pari passu , parity , partake of ,
peer , pendant , photogrammetrist , photogrammetry , photomap ,
phototopography , physical map , picture , place against ,
political map , polyconic projection , prime meridian , projection ,
proportion , proportional , proportionate , reach , reciprocal ,
register , register with , reiterate , relate , related , relationship ,
relative , relativize , relief map , remind one of , repeat ,
representative fraction , resemblance , resemble , respond to , rival ,
road map , roaring forties , run a comparison , run abreast ,
run parallel , run to , sap , savor of , scale , second self , seem like ,
set in contrast , set in opposition , set off , set off against ,
set over against , similar , similarity , similitude , similize ,
simulacrum , simulate , simultaneous , sing in chorus ,
sinusoidal projection , sister , slit trench , smack of , sort with ,
soul mate , sound like , special map , spliced , square , square with ,
stack up with , stand together , subtropics , such , suchlike , suggest ,
symmetry , take after , tally , terrain map , terrestrial globe ,
the like of , the likes of , the line , thematic map , tie , tied ,
topographer , topographic chart , topography , touch ,
transportation map , trench , tropic , tropics , tunnel , twin , twinned ,
uniform , vie , vie with , view together , weather chart , weather map ,
wed , wedded , weigh , weigh against , yoked , zone


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