Definition of parallels

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Definition of parallels

  • something having the property of being analogous to something else (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. analog
    2. analogue
  • duplicate or match (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. duplicate
    2. twin
  • an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. latitude
    2. line of latitude
    3. parallel of latitude
  • make or place parallel to something (verb)

    Examples

    1. They paralleled the ditch to the highway

    Synonyms

    1. collimate
  • being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting (adjective)

    Examples

    1. parallel lines never converge
    2. concentric circles are parallel
    3. dancers in two parallel rows
  • be parallel to (verb)

    Examples

    1. Their roles are paralleled by ours
  • (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) (noun)

    Examples

    1. parallels never meet
  • of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations (adjective)

    Examples

    1. parallel processing

See definition of parallels in Merriam Webster