(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
(2) The time-course and dose-response for this modification of pp60c-src paralleled PDGF-induced increases in phosphorylation of pp36, a major cellular substrate for several tyrosine-specific protein kinases.
(3) We present a mathematical model that is suitable to reconcile this apparent contradiction in the interpretation of the epidemiological data: the observed parallel time series for the spread of AIDS in groups with different risk of infection can be realized by computer simulation, if one assumes that the outbreak of full-blown AIDS only occurs if HIV and a certain infectious coagent (cofactor) CO are present.
(4) There was no correlation between serum LH and chronological or bone age in this age group, which suggests that the correlation found is not due to age-related parallel phenomena.
(5) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
(6) Stimulation of parallel fibers or iontophoresis of acetylcholine excited P cells.
(7) Label was found widely distributed among all the organs except the nervous system and its rate of disappearance from the tissues paralleled its disappearance from the circulation.
(8) The bundles may lie parallel to the plasma membrane and to the long axis of the cell.
(9) Alterations in DNA synthesis induced by a single dose of cyclophosphamide in normal and tumorous tissues in vivo paralleled in many respects the changes seen when the more time-consuming techniques of the LI or granulocyte colony formation were employed.
(10) Dose distributions were evaluated under thin sheet lead used as surface bolus for 4- and 10-MV photons and 6- and 9-MeV electrons using a parallel-plate ion chamber and film.
(11) The influences of the inhibitor(s) for both tumours and in both culture systems were parallel.
(12) Parallel studies in vivo were carried out to determine the contribution of the phosphatidylserine decarboxylase pathway, relative to pathways utilizing ethanolamine directly, to the synthesis of brain ethanolamine glycerophospholipids.
(13) Plasma renin activities (PRA) and aldosterone concentrations increased in parallel over a wide range of plasma volume deficits produced in unanesthetized rats by extravascular administration of polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution.
(14) Combined study of lungs of 85 foetuses and newborns of various gestational age and 8 newborns dying during the first month of life showed the lung surfactant (LS) system to develop in parallel with formation of respiratory parts and lung capillary network.
(15) Ordering of these filaments into a parallel array is the basis of birefringence in the A region, and loss of birefringence is therefore a measure of decreased order.
(16) Comparing the regression lines of HR-QT and HR-QS2 separately for both groups, we found that both intervals decreased in parallel and the mean QT remained shorter than QS2 in both groups during exercise.
(17) Parallel changes in free T4 and the free T4 index indicate adequacy of the index in representing pineal-induced changes in free T4.
(18) In the course of its history, psychiatry has grown richer parallel to the development of its spatiotemporal system of the reference.
(19) Furthermore, the changes in both interstitial fluid and testicular venous blood levels of testosterone do not always parallel those in peripheral venous blood, suggesting that changes in testicular blood flow and peripheral clearance rates of testosterone may also be important in the control of circulating testosterone concentrations.
(20) On the basis of these data, the computer, upon the basis of a program specially developed for this purpose, automatically calculates the corresponding amount of negative-points, which parallels the severity of the joint changes, i.e.
Unparalleled
Definition:
(a.) Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.
Example Sentences:
(1) The talent base in the UK – not just producers and actors but camera and sound – is unparalleled, so I think creativity will continue unabated.” Lee does recognise “massive” cultural differences between the US and UK.
(2) From the date of injury tetraplegics with spinal cord lesions of C4 and above are faced with unparalleled social and psychological adjustment.
(3) Real-time ultrasound evaluation of small ruminants offers an unparalleled range of information regarding pregnancy status, number of fetuses, and gestational age.
(4) Every couple of years, evidence emerges to underline the unparalleled nature of the state onslaught and ruthless rule-breaking to overcome resistance in the mining communities, bought at a cost of £37bn in today's prices .
(5) In the 1990s, when the Sun enjoyed unparalleled influence, its editor Kelvin Mackenzie could tell the prime minister John Major that he was about to pour "a large bucket of shit" over him.
(6) In a statement, Corbat said Citigroup remained committed to "our unparalleled global network and footprint".
(7) The CSU, the Bavarian sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democrat CDU, has accused the chancellor of making an “unparalleled historical mistake” in opening Germany’s borders.
(8) The ghost of Geoffrey Howe's 1981 budget will hang heavy over Westminster tomorrow when George Osborne stands to reveal details of a package of tax, spending and welfare austerity unparalleled in a generation.
(9) But being tasked with driving sustainable innovations at the world's biggest software firm – with unparalleled reach into homes, businesses, and governments – was never going involve much downtime.
(10) But on the day after the IMF issued another downgrade of its UK growth forecasts, Cameron will also issue a stark, almost existential, warning to the country, saying unparalleled global forces mean the country is at an hour of reckoning.
(11) A significant milestone,” agrees transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom, whose book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies argues that, if AGI can be accomplished, it will be an event of unparalleled consequence – perhaps, to borrow Google director of engineering Ray Kurzweil’s phrase, even a rupture in the fabric of history.
(12) "During Manchester United's long periods of dominance in the last two decades, which brought unparalleled success, many other clubs had to undergo periods of turnaround and they knew tough times when things were not going well for them.
(13) He faced unparalleled resistance from his opponents, many of whom wanted him to fail.
(14) Let's be clear about the iPhone's shortcomings, however: this unparalleled success has been achieved by an expensive device with only a 2 megapixel camera, EDGE rather than 3G data speeds, no video, no GPS, no contact search, no file or text manipulation, no Enterprise or MS Exchange capabilities, no third-party applications and a locked-in network operator deal.
(15) "It's easy to find an individual to blame, and make that person the source of the trouble, but we've been hit by a world economic hurricane, by an expenses crisis unparalleled in the history of Westminster, and we've been in government for 12 years."
(16) A revolution in medical research in Britain is to give academics and the life sciences industry unparalleled access to the cradle-to-grave health records of about 52 million people in England.
(17) Nothing is repeated, and everything is unparalleled."
(18) He's got a network … because of the whip team that is unparalleled, that I hope he finds some way to maintain."
(19) He said: "We now fear that because the government has failed to back a comprehensive housebuilding programme the number of homes delivered this financial year will slump to an 88-year low of 70,000, while the number of people on social housing waiting lists will simply soar to unparalleled levels."
(20) "It is simply expected that the Criminal Bar will accept cuts unparalleled in any other sector of the wider community.