Definition of parallel

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Parallel (a.) Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.

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Parallel :: Parallel (n.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page..
Parallel :: Parallel (v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.
Heddle :: Heddle (n.) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom..
Plane-parallel :: Plane-parallel (a.) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass..
Diallel :: Diallel (a.) Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel..
Lineated :: Lineated (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf..
Offset :: Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside..
Stratification :: Straticulate (a.) Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..
Parallelogrammical :: Parallelogrammical (a.) Having the properties of a parallelogram.
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square..
Unparalleled :: Unparalleled (a.) Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched..
Unexampled :: Unexampled (a.) Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side..
Almucantar :: Almucantar (n.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
Paralleled :: Paralleled (imp. & p. p.) of Paralle.
Unconformity :: Unconformity (n.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact.
Unique :: Unique (n.) A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis..
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