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parallel

• (a) being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  • parallel lines never converge
  • concentric circles are parallel
  • dancers in two parallel rows
• (s) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
  • parallel processing

Nouns

• (n) something having the property of being analogous to something else analog, analogue,
• (n) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator line of latitude, parallel of latitude, latitude,
• (n) (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
  • parallels never meet

Verbs

• (v) be parallel to
  • Their roles are paralleled by ours
• (v) make or place parallel to something
  • They paralleled the ditch to the highway
  collimate,
• (v) duplicate or match
  • The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
  twin, duplicate,

Synonyms

analog analogue line of latitude parallel of latitude latitude collimate twin duplicate

Antonyms

perpendicular oblique

See also

comparable symmetric symmetrical

Words of close approximity