Parallel

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.

Equivalents

41 more languages

العربيةالمتوازيمُتَوَازٍمُوَازٍ

Azərbaycan dilimüvazi

Българскисравнявам

Bosanskiпаралелно

Catalàparal·lel

Češtinaparalelnírovnoběžkarovnoběžnýsouběžně+ 1 more

Cymraegcyflincyfredparalel

Danskparallel

Ελληνικάπαράλληλαπαραλληλίζωπαράλληλος

Esperantoparalelaparalelo

Eestirööpne

فارسیموازی

Suomileveyspiiriparalleelirinnakkainenrinnakkaisilmiörinnakkaistapausrinnastaasamansuuntainensuuntainenyhdensuuntainen+ 6 more

Gaeilgecomhthreomharcomparáidsamhail

Galegoparalelo

עבריתהקבילמקבילקבלהקו רוחב+ 1 more

Hrvatskiпаралелно

Magyarpárhuzampárhuzamospárhuzamosan

Հայերենզուգահեռ

Bahasa Indonesialintangparalelsebaya

Íslenskasamhliða

Italianoomologòparallelamenteparallelo

日本語並列平行の比類緯線類+ 2 more

Қазақ тіліқатар

ភាសាខ្មែរស្រប

한국어갋다견주다나란하다평행평행의+ 2 more

Македонскипаралеленпаралелно

Bahasa Melayuselari

မြန်မာပြိုင်

Nederlandsbreedtecirkelbreedtegraadevenwijdigevenwijdig met/aanevenwijdigeparallelparallel metparallelcirkel+ 5 more

Polskiparalelarównoleglerównoległyrównoleżnik+ 1 more

Portuguêsparalelaparalelamenteparalelo

Românăparalelparalelă

Русскийпараллельпараллельнопараллельный

Српскипаралелно

Svenskaparallell

ไทยขนาน

Tagalogagapay

Türkçekoşutparalel

Українськапаралельпаралельний

Tiếng Việtsong

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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