noun
                                                something having the property of being analogous to something else
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                                                noun
                                                an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
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                                                                                                                                                                        latitude
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                line of latitude
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                parallel of latitude
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - parallels never meet
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                be parallel to
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - Their roles are paralleled by ours
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                make or place parallel to something
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - They paralleled the ditch to the highway
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                duplicate or match
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                                                                                                        - The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - parallel lines never converge
- concentric circles are parallel
- dancers in two parallel rows
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - parallel processing