Parallel

['pærəlel] or ['pærəlɛl]

解释:

(noun.) (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes); 'parallels never meet'.

(verb.) make or place parallel to something; 'They paralleled the ditch to the highway'.

(verb.) be parallel to; 'Their roles are paralleled by ours'.

(adj.) being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; 'parallel lines never converge'; 'concentric circles are parallel'; 'dancers in two parallel rows' .

(adj.) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; 'parallel processing' .

埃斯特拉编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

(a.) Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.

(a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.

(n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.

(n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,

(n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.

(n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.

(n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.

(n.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.

(n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.

(n.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.

(v. t.) To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.

(v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.

(v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.

(v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.

(v. i.) To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.

编辑:内尔达

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. Equidistant throughout (as lines).[2]. In conformity, in harmony, in accordance.[3]. Like, similar, analogous, resembling, allied, of a piece.

n. [1]. Parallel line.[2]. Resemblance, similarity, likeness.[3]. Comparison.

手打:谢莉

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Correspondent, congruous, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant

ANT:Different, opposed, incongruous, irrelative, unanalogous, divergent,contrariant

阿奇校对

解释:

adj. side by side: (geom.) extended in the same direction and equi-distant in all parts: with the same direction or tendency: running in accordance with: resembling in all essential points: like or similar.—n. a line equi-distant from another at all points: a line drawn across a map or round a globe at right angles to the axis marking latitude: likeness: a comparison: counterpart: (pl.) trenches dug parallel to the outline of a besieged fortress to protect the besiegers (mil.).—v.t. to place so as to be parallel: to correspond or to make to correspond to:—pr.p. par′alleling or par′allelling; pa.p. par′alleled or par′allelled.—n. Par′allelism state of being parallel: resemblance: comparison: likeness of form or meaning as of two statements clauses or verses.—adj. Parallelis′tic of the nature of or involving parallelism.—adv. Par′allelly.—Parallel bars a pair of bars securely fixed 4 to 6 feet above the ground and about 1?feet apart used in gymnastics to strengthen the arms; Parallel forces forces which act in parallel lines having a single resultant readily found by the method of moments; Parallel motion a name given to any linkage by which circular motion may be changed into straight-line motion; Parallel rulers a mathematical instrument for drawing parallel lines.

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