Definitions for parallel

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parallel par·al·lel

Spelling: [par-uh-lel, -luh l]

IPA: /ˈpær əˌlɛl, -ləl/

Parallel is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in parallel (aaelllpr).

Definitions for parallel

noun

1. a parallel line or plane.
2. anything parallel or comparable in direction, course, nature, or tendency to something else.
3. Also called parallel of latitude. Geography. an imaginary circle on the earth's surface formed by the intersection of a plane parallel to the plane of the equator, bearing east and west and designated in degrees of latitude north or south of the equator along the arc of any meridian. the line representing this circle on a chart or map.
4. something identical or similar in essential respects; match; counterpart:
5. correspondence or analogy:
6. a comparison of things as if regarded side by side.
7. Electricity. an arrangement of the components, as resistances, of a circuit in such a way that all positive terminals are connected to one point and all negative terminals are connected to a second point, the same voltage being applied to each component. Compare series (def 9).
8. Fortification. a trench cut in the ground before a fortress, parallel to its defenses, for the purpose of covering a besieging force.
9. Printing. a pair of vertical parallel lines (‖) used as a mark for reference.
10. Theater. a trestle for supporting a platform (parallel top)

adjective

1. extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging:
2. having the same direction, course, nature, or tendency; corresponding; similar; analogous:
3. Geometry. (of straight lines) lying in the same plane but never meeting no matter how far extended. (of planes) having common perpendiculars. (of a single line, plane, etc.) equidistant from another or others (usually followed by to or with).
4. Electricity. consisting of or having component parts connected in parallel:
5. Music. (of two voice parts) progressing so that the interval between them remains the same. (of a tonality or key) having the same tonic but differing in mode.
6. Computers. of or relating to the apparent or actual performance of more than one operation at a time, by the same or different devices (distinguished from serial): of or relating to the simultaneous transmission or processing of all the parts of a whole, as all the bits of a byte or all the bytes of a computer word (distinguished from serial).

verb (used with object)

1. to provide or show a parallel for; match.
2. to go or be in a parallel course, direction, etc., to:
3. to form a parallel to; be equivalent to; equal.
4. to show the identity or similarity of; compare.
5. to make parallel.

Origin of parallel

1540-50; Latin parallēlus Greek parállēlos side by side, equivalent to par- par- + állēlos one another; see allo-, else

Examples for parallel

Surely, so far, the things for which both he and I were chosen were parallel.

Daily activity is rendered in parallel horizontal timelines, making it very easy to compare one day's activity to the next.

Two parallel fences tipped with barbed wire formed a narrow corridor into the gymnasium.

Our present financial condition is without a parallel in history.

In all history there is no parallel case, and no official record such as his.

In parallel, they are building new kilns to produce traditional tiles and bricks.

For nationalists who hate gay people, perhaps the parallel should be “When Russia scratches, the world gets scabies.”

A professional ballroom dancer and instructor, her name reflects a parallel that runs in both BDSM and dance: symbiosis.

There is no parallel in history to the humiliation they have patiently borne.

He will not only be a Prince now, but a master "without a parallel" in the liberal arts.