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parallel
adj 1: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel
lines never converge"; "concentric circles are
parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" [ant: perpendicular,
oblique]
2: of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple
operations; "parallel processing"
n 1: something having the property of being analogous to
something else [syn: analogue, analog]
2: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
[syn: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of
latitude]
v 1: be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
2: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the
ditch to the highway" [syn: collimate]
3: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate]
[also: parallelling, parallelled]