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Adjective parallel has 2 senses
- parallel - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
Antonyms: perpendicular, normal, orthogonal, rectangular, right, oblique, bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, crabwise, sideways, diagonal, nonparallel
- parallel - of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing"
Antonym: asynchronous (indirect, via synchronous)
Noun parallel has 2 senses
- analogue, analog, parallel - something having the property of being analogous to something else
--1 is a kind of similarity
- latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
--2 is a kind of line
--2 has particulars: polar circle; horse latitude; tropic
Verb parallel has 3 senses
- parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
--1 is one way to match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- parallel, collimate - make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- twin, duplicate, parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
--3 is one way to match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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