Definition of 'parallel'
Noun
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
Synonyms: analogue analog - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
Synonyms: latitude line of latitude parallel of latitude
Verb
- be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
- make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
Synonyms: collimate - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
Synonyms: twin duplicate
Adjective
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
Antonyms: perpendicular oblique - of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing"
