Definition of parallel

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Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage..

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Rhombohedron :: Rhombohedron (n.) A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
Parallelly :: Parallelly (adv.) In a parallel manner; with parallelism.
Swig :: Swig (n.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Parallel :: Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage..
Rimose :: Rimose (a.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees..
Squared :: Square (a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced..
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart..
Grid :: Grid (n.) A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron..
Imparalleled :: Imparalleled (a.) Unparalleled.
Unique :: Unique (a.) Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
Diffraction :: Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars..
Parallel :: Parallel (v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like..
Antiparallel :: Antiparallel (a.) Running in a contrary direction.
Unpeered :: Unpeered (a.) Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled.
Tubipora :: Tubipora (n.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..
Antiparallels :: Antiparallels (n. pl.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
Range :: Range (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast..
Herringbone :: Herringbone (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions..
Prism :: Prism (n.) A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13..
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