| ADJECTIVE | all | parallel | being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting |
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| all | parallel | of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | |
| NOUN | attribute | parallel, analogue, analog | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
| location | parallel, latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | |
| shape | parallel | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) | |
| VERB | stative | parallel | be parallel to |
| change | parallel, collimate | make or place parallel to something | |
| stative | parallel, twin, duplicate | duplicate or match |
| Sounds | peh'rahleh.l | |
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| Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... | |
| Meaning | everywhere equidistant and not intersecting. | |
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| Narrower | antiparallel | (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed |
| collateral | situated or running side by side | |
| nonconvergent, nonintersecting | (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never / never meeting / meeting or crossing | |
| See also | comparable | able to be compared or worthy of comparison |
| symmetrical, symmetric | Having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding / corresponding parts | |
| Opposite | oblique | slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled |
| perpendicular | intersecting at or forming right angles | |
| Spanish | paralela, paralelo | |
| Catalan | paral·lel | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations. | |
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| Example | "parallel processing" | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Broader | synchronous, synchronal, synchronic | Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
| Spanish | paralelo, simultáneo | |
| Catalan | paral·lel | |
| Meaning | Something having the property of being analogous to something else. | |
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| Synonyms | analogue, analog | |
| Narrower | echo | A close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc. |
| Broader | similarity | The quality of being similar |
| Spanish | análogo | |
| Catalan | anàleg, analògic | |
| Verbs | parallel | be parallel to |
| Meaning | An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator. | |
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| Synonyms | latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude | |
| Narrower | horse latitude | Either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south |
| polar circle | A line of latitude at the north or south poles | |
| tropic | Either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics | |
| Broader | line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
| Spanish | latitud, paralelo | |
| Catalan | latitud, paral·lel | |
| Meaning | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes). | |
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| Example | "parallels never meet" | |
| Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
| Broader | figure | A combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape |
| Meaning | Be parallel to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Their roles are paralleled by ours" | |
| Broader | match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree | satisfy a condition or restriction |
| Nouns | parallel | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
| Meaning | make or place parallel to something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" | |
| Synonym | collimate | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Meaning | duplicate or match. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | twin, duplicate | |
| Broader | match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree | satisfy a condition or restriction |
| Spanish | duplicar, hacer un paralelo, hermanar, reflejar | |
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