Parallel
['pærəlel] or ['pærəlɛl]
Definition
(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' .
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Definition
(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.
Typist: Nelda
Synonyms and Synonymous
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.
Typist: Shelley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Correspondent, congruous, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant
ANT:Different, opposed, incongruous, irrelative, unanalogous, divergent,contrariant
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Definition
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.
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- The subject of gymnastic leads Plato to the sister subject of medicine, which he further illustrates by the parallel of law. Plato. The Republic.
- In the sights were parallel slits, right, left, upper, lower. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- What had happened to India was very parallel to what had happened to Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The motor was located in the front part of the locomotive, on its side, with the armature shaft across the frames, or parallel with the driving axles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Everywhere in Europe there was a parallel development. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The influence of analogy led him to invent 'parallels and conjugates' and to overlook facts. Plato. The Republic.
- Don't lambaste me with my own parallels-' Gerald pondered a while. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Some of the most deeply tragic and romantic, some of the most terrible incidents, have also their parallels in reality. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Historical parallels are remarkably efficient in this way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Seamen say the nautilus is only found in these waters between the 35th and 45th parallels of latitude. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Clayton heard the great body paralleling his course, and now there rose upon the evening air the beast's thunderous roar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They persevered with a degree of inflexibility scarcely paralleled. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- As they came up, still deep in the shadow of the pines, after dropping down from the high meadow into the wooden valley and climbing up it on a trail that paralleled the stream and then left it to gain, steeply, the top of a rim-rock formation, a man with a carbine stepped out from behind a tree. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The perplexity of medicine is paralleled by the perplexity of law; in which, again, Plato would have men follow the golden rule of simplicity. Plato. The Republic.
- The suddenness of an orphan's rise in the market was not to be paralleled by the maddest records of the Stock Exchange. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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