parallel

Meanings

• something having the property of being analogous to something else
• an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
• (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
  • "parallels never meet"
• be parallel to
  • "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
• make or place parallel to something
  • "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
• duplicate or match
• being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  • "parallel lines never converge"
  • "concentric circles are parallel"
  • "dancers in two parallel rows"
• of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
  • "parallel processing"

Synonyms

analog, analogue, collimate, duplicate, latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, twin