Parallel(a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
Parallel(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.
Parallel(a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
Parallel(n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
Parallel(n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,
Parallel(n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
Parallel(n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
Parallel(n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
Parallel(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.
Parallel(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.
Parallel(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.
Parallel(v. i.) To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
Parallel(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.
Parallel(v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
Parallel(v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.
Parallel(v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.
Parallelable(a.) Capable of being paralleled, or equaled.
Paralleled(imp. & p. p.) of Parallel
Paralleling(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parallel
Parallelism(n.) The quality or state of being parallel.
Parallelism(n.) Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
Parallelism(n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
Parallelize(v. t.) To render parallel.
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