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Meaning of parallel


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  parallel
      adj 1: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting;
             "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are
             parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" [ant:
             {oblique}, {perpendicular}]
      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}, {parallel}]
      2: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
         [syn: {latitude}, {line of latitude}, {parallel of latitude},
         {parallel}]
      3: (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures
         (parallel lines or planes); "parallels never meet"
      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: {parallel}, {collimate}]
      3: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
         and chest in reverse" [syn: {twin}, {duplicate}, {parallel}]


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