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1. Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
   "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
    
2. (computing) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
   "parallel processing"

1. Something having the property of being analogous to something else
   - analogue, analog [US]
    
2. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
   - latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude
    
3. (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
   "parallels never meet"

1. Be parallel to
   "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
    
2. Make or place parallel to something
   "They paralleled the ditch to the highway";
   - collimate
    
3. Duplicate or match
   "The polished surface paralleled his face and chest in reverse";
   - twin, duplicate

Derived forms: parallels, paralleling, paralleled

See also: antiparallel, collateral, comparable, nonconvergent, nonintersecting, symmetric, symmetrical, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous

Type of: agree, alter, change, check, correspond, figure, fit, gibe, jibe, line, marry, marry up, match, modify, similarity, tally

Antonym: oblique, perpendicular

Encyclopedia: Parallel