parallel
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- noun
- /ˈpærəˌlɛl/
- Specialized
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paralela
- And what I can do is I can take two straight parallel lines coming out of the equator.
Examples
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The teacher explained that the sides of a rectangle are parallel to each other.
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So this my blue line, this green line is parallel to center back.
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So now I can say that AB is parallel to CD.
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If you have a line and a point that is not on that line, then there is a single unique line which will be parallel to the first line.
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So we should say JK is parallel to LM.
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I'm trying to go parallel to both the X axis and the Y axis so that you can see that this plane is perfectly parallel with the XY plane.
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In geometry, two lines are considered parallel if they never intersect, no matter how far they are extended.
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To graph the equation accurately, ensure that the two lines are parallel with equal distance between them.
Antonyms
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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Using two or more processors at the same time to do work faster
- Specialized
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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
How Perpendicular
Surface Forms
Etymology
Parallel comes from the Greek parts para- 'beside' and allēlōn 'one another', the same para- found in paragraph. In math, 'parallels' are lines or planes that stay 'side by side' at a constant distance and never meet.