Parallel
noun'pærə,lɛl
Adjective
being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
“parallel lines never converge”
“concentric circles are parallel”
“dancers in two parallel rows”
See also:SymmetricSymmetricalComparableof or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
“parallel processing”
Noun
(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
“parallels never meet”
Type of:Figuresomething having the property of being analogous to something else
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
Similar:LatitudeType of:Line
Verb
make or place parallel to something
“They paralleled the ditch to the highway”
Similar:CollimateType of:AlterModifyChangebe parallel to
“Their roles are paralleled by ours”
Type of:GibeFitAgreeduplicate or match
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- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
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- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Analog
- Analogue
- Duplicate
- Twin
- Latitude
- Collimate
- Nonintersecting
- Nonconvergent
- Collateral
- Antiparallel
- Synchronic
- Synchronal
- Synchronous