parallel meaning and definition

PARALLEL noun

Definition of parallel (noun)

1. something having the property of being analogous to something else
   • synonyms: analog, analogue
2. an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
   • synonyms: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude
3. (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
   • "parallels never meet"

PARALLEL verb

Definition of parallel (verb)

1. be parallel to
   • "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
2. make or place parallel to something
   • "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
   • synonyms: collimate
3. duplicate or match
   • "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
   • synonyms: duplicate, twin

PARALLEL adjective

Definition of parallel (adjective)

1. being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
   • "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
   • antonym: perpendicular
2. of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
   • "parallel processing"