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parallel adj (often parallel to something) 1 said of lines, planes, etc: the same distance apart at every point; alongside and never meeting or intersecting • parallel lines • a road parallel to the High Street. 2 similar; exactly equivalent; corresponding; analogous • parallel careers. adverb (often parallel to something) alongside and at an unvarying distance from it. noun 1 geom a line or plane parallel to another. 2 a corresponding or equivalent instance of something. 3 any of the lines of latitude circling the Earth parallel to the equator and representing a particular angular degree of distance from it. Also called parallel of latitude. verb (paralleled, paralleling) 1 to equal. 2 to correspond to or be equivalent to something. 3 to be or to run parallel to something. parallelwise adverb. in parallel 1 said of electrical appliances: so co-ordinated that terminals of the same polarity are connected. 2 simultaneously. on a parallel with something corresponding to it. without parallel unequalled; unprecedented.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Greek parallelos side by side.