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   parallel

   /ˈparəlɛl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them: "parallel lines never meet" Similar side by sidealignedcollateralequidistant
   • 2. occurring or existing at the same time or in a similar way; corresponding: "a parallel universe" Similar similaranalogouscomparablecorrespondinglikeresemblingmuch the sameof a kindakinrelatedkindredequivalentcorrespondenthomologousanalogicalcognatecoequalmatchingduplicatecoexistingcoexistentconcurrentcontemporaneoussimultaneoussynchronousOpposite differentdissimilardivergent
   • 3. of or denoting electrical components or circuits connected to common points at each end, rather than one to another in sequence.
   • 4. involving the simultaneous performance of operations: "highly parallel multiprocessor systems"

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that is similar or analogous to another: "a challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century" Similar counterpartanalogueequivalentlikenesscorrespondentmatchtwinduplicateequalcoequalmirrorrare:homologue
   • ▪ a similarity or comparison: "she draws a parallel between personal destiny and social forces" Similar similaritylikenessresemblanceanalogycorrespondenceequivalencecorrelationcomparisonrelationsymmetryparityparallelismsimilitudecoequality
   • 2. each of the imaginary parallel circles of constant latitude on the earth's surface.
   • 3. two parallel lines (‖) as a reference mark.

   verb

   • 1. be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to: "a big concrete gutter that paralleled the road"
   • 2. be similar or corresponding to: "the increase in the quality of wines has paralleled the rise of interest in food" Similar resemblebe similar tobe likebear a resemblance tocorrespond tobe analogous tobe comparable/equivalent tocompare withequate with/tocorrelate withimitateechoremind one ofduplicatemirrorrepeatrecreatefollowmatchbe in harmony withchime (in) withcoincide withkeep pace withequalmatchrivalemulatetouch

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos ‘one another’.

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     PARALLEL translate: paralelo, paralelo/-la, paralelo/-la,...

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     PARALLEL translate: 平行した, 平行（へいこう）な, 同様（どうよう）の, 類似（るいじ）....

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     PARALLEL CIRCUIT definition: 1. a circuit in which the...

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   1. 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. [...] 2. If there are parallels between two things, they are similar in some ways. [...] 3.