Meaning of Parallel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That is in similarity or concordance with something.
2. One of a set of parallel lines.
3. Said of two or more processes: that occur in parallel.
4. Direction conformable to that of another line.
5. Comparison that makes among two or more elements.
6. A line of latitude.
7. An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
8. Something identical or similar in essential respects.
9. A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
10. 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.
11. A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.

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Examples

“Who made the spider parallels design, / Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line?”

“lines that from their parallel decline”

“The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.”

“It has also been suggested that environmental crimes might include the proposed crime of ‘ecocide’ or ‘geocide’, with proponents of this view attempting to draw parallels between destructive acts towards the environment and those against the qualifying groups for genocide. […] [M]any who advocate for the creation of either ecocide or geocide principally argue that the best place to try such crimes is through an apparatus created in a separate and environment-oriented treaty.”

“None but thyself can be thy parallel.”

“Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope”

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