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

1. (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
   "parallels never meet"
    
2. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
   "The Tropic of Cancer is a line of parallel of latitude approximately 23.5 degrees north of the equator";
   - latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude
    
3. Something having the property of being analogous to something else
   "The fins of a fish are often considered a parallel to the limbs of land animals";
   - analogue, analog [US]

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
   "Her experience parallels mine";
   - twin, duplicate

Derived forms: parallels, paralleling, paralleled

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

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

Antonym: oblique, perpendicular

Encyclopedia: Parallel