1.  parallel(n = noun.attribute) analog, analogue - something having the property of being analogous to something else;
is a kind of similarity
has particulars: echo
Derived form verb parallel₁

2.  parallel(n = noun.location) latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator;
is a kind of line
has particulars: polar circle, horse latitude, tropic

3.  parallel(n = noun.shape) - (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes); "parallels never meet"
is a kind of figure

1.  parallel(v = verb.stative) - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
is one way to agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally
Derived form noun parallel₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

2.  parallel(v = verb.change) collimate - make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

3.  parallel(v = verb.stative) duplicate, twin - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
is one way to agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

1.  parallel(a = adj.all) - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
Antonyms: oblique, perpendicular

2.  parallel(s = adj.all) - of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing"

1.  Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes. [1913 Webster]
" Curved lines or curved planes are said to be parallel when they are in all parts equally distant." [1913 Webster]
"Revolutions . . . parallel to the equinoctial." [1913 Webster]

2.  Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with. [1913 Webster]
"When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it can not be too much cherished." [1913 Webster]

3.  Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage. Addison. [1913 Webster]

1.  A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. [1913 Webster]
"Who made the spider parallels design,
Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ?" [1913 Webster]

2.  Direction conformable to that of another line, [1913 Webster]
"Lines that from their parallel decline." [1913 Webster]

3.  Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity. [1913 Webster]
"Twixt earthly females and the moon
All parallels exactly run." [1913 Webster]

4.  A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope. [1913 Webster]

5.  Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart. [1913 Webster]
"None but thyself can be thy parallel." [1913 Webster]

6.  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; as, the counry was divided into North and South at the 38th parallel. [1913 Webster]

7.  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. [1913 Webster]

8.  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. [1913 Webster]

9.  That arrangement of an electrical system in which all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to another conductor; -- called also multiple. Opposed to series.
" Parts of a system so arranged are said to be in parallel or in multiple." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
"The needle . . . doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian." [1913 Webster]

2.  Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like. [1913 Webster]
"His life is paralleled
Even with the stroke and line of his great justice." [1913 Webster]

3.  To equal; to match; to correspond to. Shak. [1913 Webster]

4.  To produce or adduce as a parallel. Locke. [1913 Webster]
"My young remembrance can not parallel
A fellow to it." [1913 Webster]

   To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

parallel, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 a (of lines or planes) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them. b (foll. by to, with) (of a line or plane) having this relation (to another).
2 (of circumstances etc.) precisely similar, analogous, or corresponding.
3 a (of processes etc.) occurring or performed simultaneously. b Computing involving the simultaneous performance of operations.
--n.
1 a person or thing precisely analogous or equal to another.
2 a comparison (drew a parallel between the two situations).
3 (in full parallel of latitude) Geog. a each of the imaginary parallel circles of constant latitude on the earth's surface. b a corresponding line on a map (the 49th parallel).
4 Printing two parallel lines (ll) as a reference mark.
--v.tr. (paralleled, paralleling)
1 be parallel to; correspond to.
2 represent as similar; compare.
3 adduce as a parallel instance.

Idiom:
in parallel (of electric circuits) arranged so as to join at common points at each end. parallel bars a pair of parallel rails on posts for gymnastics.

Derivative:
parallelism n.

Etymology:
F parall{egrave}le f. L parallelus f. Gk parallelos (as PARA-(1), allelos one another)

N  similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance, affinity, approximation, parallelism, agreement, analogy, analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia, parity, connaturalness, connaturality, brotherhood, family likeness, alliteration, rhyme, pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy, analogue, the like, match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel, simile, type, image, photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance, similar, resembling, like, alike, twin, analogous, analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so, homoiousian, connatural, congener, allied to, akin to, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of, mock, pseudo, simulating, representing, exact, lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like, as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were, quasi, just as, veluti in speculum, et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block, similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance, affinity, approximation, parallelism, agreement, analogy, analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia, parity, connaturalness, connaturality, brotherhood, family likeness, alliteration, rhyme, pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy, analogue, the like, match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel, simile, type, image, photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance, similar, resembling, like, alike, twin, analogous, analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so, homoiousian, connatural, congener, allied to, akin to, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of, mock, pseudo, simulating, representing, exact, lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like, as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were, quasi, just as, veluti in speculum, et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block.

VB  be similar, look like, resemble, bear resemblance, smack of, savor of, approximate, parallel, match, rhyme with, take after, imitate, favor, span, render similar, assimilate, approximate, bring near, connaturalize, make alike, rhyme, pun.

VB  imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate.

N  parallelism, coextension, equidistance, similarity, parallel, coextensive, equidistant, alongside.

N  symmetry, shapeliness, finish, beauty, proportion, eurythmy, uniformity, parallelism, bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry, centrality, arborescence, branching, ramification, arbor vitae, symmetrical, shapely, well set, finished, beautiful, classic, chaste, severe, regular, uniform, balanced, equal, parallel, coextensive, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, branching, ramous, ramose, filiciform, filicoid, subarborescent, papilionaceous, fuji-shaped, fujigata.

VB  compare to, compare with, collate, confront, place side by side, juxtapose, set against one another, pit against one another, contrast, balance, identify, draw a parallel, parallel, compare notes, institute a comparison, parva componere magnis.

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