parallel
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈpærəˌlɛl/
- Specialized
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paralelo
- The two roads run parallel to each other, making navigation easier.
- parallel lines
- run parallel
- parallel to each other
You're making it along or parallel to center front or center back.
- You're making it along or parallel to center front or center back.
- We spend a whole unit on parallel lines, right?
- We want to run them parallel to the path of the sun.
- It's two sets of parallel sides and three bats.
- But the question here specifically parallel with the GPU mounting.
- It's flying in a, in a, yeah, straight parallel to to the ground and creates lift.
Examples
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We want to run them parallel to the path of the sun.
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"Huh?" Mitch had parked the Celebrity on a street parallel to the tree-lined campus.
Fiction book (1992) -
So like these lines, John, are parallel, right?
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Then stop exactly parallel to him, understand?
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The bottom of the rock must be held parallel to the surface of the lake.
Fiction book (1991) -
Okay, just remember, pull it straight back, parallel to your ear, okay?
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The children sat in their small chairs, parallel to three walls of the room.
Academic text (1991) -
They have to stay parallel to the floor at all times.
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The book follows a number of plotlines across two distinct but parallel historical periods.
Academic text (2008) -
The scar, about two inches in length and parallel to the right collarbone, was red and ugly.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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6.6
At the same distance from a point or from each other
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
1
4.3
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
- Specialized
1
4.3
Using two or more processors at the same time to do work faster
- Specialized
1
4.3
A closed path for electricity that splits into branches so devices work independently
- Archaic
1
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 Parallel
Surface Forms
Etymology
Parallel comes from the Greek parts para- 'beside' and allēlōn 'one another', and you can see the same para- at the start of paragraph. So parallel lines stay 'side by side' at the same distance and never meet.