parallel

1. (verb) make or place parallel to something; " They paralleled the ditch to the highway."
Synonyms: collimate
Related Words: alter, change

2. (adjective) being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
Antonyms: oblique, perpendicular

3. (verb) be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
Related Words: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

4. (satellite adjective) (computer science) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing"
Synonyms: in parallel

5. (verb) duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
Synonyms: duplicate, twin
Related Words: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

6. (noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else
Synonyms: analog, analogue
Related Words: analogy

7. (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
Synonyms: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude
Related Words: horse latitude, line, polar circle, tropic



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