parallel
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈpærəˌlɛl/
- Specialized
:
paralelo
- And in 1680, William Penn was granted land from the 40th to the 43rd parallel (i.e., Pennsylvania).
- the 38th parallel
- the 49th parallel
- the forty-ninth parallel
Many of them are built on like the same parallel within the earth.
- Many of them are built on like the same parallel within the earth.
Examples
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The UN Security Council demanded that North Korean forces retreat to the 38th parallel, which divides the country.
Fiction book (2000) -
The island's somewhere on the seventh parallel.
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We are crossing Parallel 24.
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How do you know that we'll find land on the 28th parallel?
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If you cross the 24th Parallel, you're putting yourself in great danger.
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How do you know that we'll find land on the 28th parallel?
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If you cross the 24th parallel, you're putting yourself in great danger.
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The island's somewhere on the seventh parallel.
Synonyms
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3.9
Distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
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3.4
An imaginary circle around the Earth parallel to the equator that shows how far north or south a place is
An imaginary horizontal line around the Earth that shows how far north or south a place is
Compounds
- Archaic
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4.3
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
- Specialized
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4.3
Using two or more processors at the same time to do work faster
- Specialized
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4.3
A closed path for electricity that splits into branches so devices work independently
- Archaic
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5.7
A connection that sends many bits at once between a computer and a device like a printer
An imaginary horizontal line around the Earth that shows how far north or south a place is
- Specialized
Doing more than one task at the same time on computers or machines
- Specialized
In geometry, only one line through a point not on a given line does not meet it
- Literature
A book of short life stories about famous Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch
- Specialized
A leaf with veins that run parallel from the base to the tip like grass
Surface Forms
Etymology
Parallel comes from the Greek parts para- 'beside' and allēlōn 'one another', which you also find in paragraph. So the Earth's lines called 'parallels' run 'beside' the equator and keep the same distance apart.