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.
Compare parallel with other words:
adjacent vs. parallel
parallel vs. resemble
distance vs. parallel
match vs. parallel
equal vs. parallel
parallel vs. paratactic
parallel vs. tangential
clinopinacoid vs. parallel
parallel vs. unequalable
parallel vs. verriculate
parallel vs. parallelable
anticlinorium vs. parallel
parallel vs. reeding
altarwise vs. parallel
lineate vs. parallel
griff vs. parallel
meridian vs. parallel
parallel vs. shunt
entertainment vs. parallel
parallel vs. similarity
parallel vs. simultaneous
content vs. parallel
correlate vs. parallel
juxtaposition vs. parallel
coincident vs. parallel
lateral vs. parallel
parallel vs. parallelize
pantograph vs. parallel
flatiron vs. parallel
parallel vs. serially
paraboloid vs. parallel
parallel vs. predication
parallel vs. twilled
contrate vs. parallel
corrugate vs. parallel
corrugated vs. parallel
collimator vs. parallel
parallel vs. straight
parallel vs. spread
parallel vs. proof
macropinacoid vs. parallel
macrodome vs. parallel
feathered vs. parallel
fullness vs. parallel
parallel vs. tropic
longitudinal vs. parallel
antiparallel vs. parallel
grating vs. parallel
parallel vs. prism
antithesis vs. parallel
frustum vs. parallel
echelon vs. parallel
equatorial vs. parallel
lunette vs. parallel
obverse vs. parallel
parallel vs. striation
parallel vs. stria
orthographic vs. parallel
parallel vs. recitation
cellulose vs. parallel
parallel vs. zone
parabola vs. parallel
channel vs. parallel
parallel vs. striated
parallel vs. tint
parallel vs. stadium
paragon vs. parallel
couple vs. parallel
correlation vs. parallel
level vs. parallel
par vs. parallel
parallel vs. trapezium
even vs. parallel
bord vs. parallel
parallel vs. swig
parallel vs. stratum
gauntlet vs. parallel
parallel vs. rectangle
linear vs. parallel
parallel vs. sap
parallel vs. thrust
circle vs. parallel
laid vs. parallel
collateral vs. parallel
example vs. parallel
parallel vs. unparalleled
parallel vs. sequential
parallel vs. parallelogram
liken vs. parallel
parallel vs. parallelism
compare vs. parallel
construct vs. parallel
analogous vs. parallel
current vs. parallel
latitude vs. parallel
electrical vs. parallel
component vs. parallel
line vs. parallel
parallel vs. serial
parallel vs. skew
parallel vs. perpendicular
multiple vs. parallel
coincide vs. parallel
intersect vs. parallel
direction vs. parallel
distant vs. parallel
parallel vs. perspective
parallel vs. series
parallel vs. remonstrate
equation vs. parallel
forefinger vs. parallel