Definition of parallel

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Parallel (n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,.

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Parallel :: Parallel (v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.
Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact..
Perioecians :: Perioecians (n. pl.) Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antoeci..
Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..
Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) The quality or state of being parallel.
Slaty :: Slaty (a.) Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture..
Gemel :: Gemel (n.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a..
Parallelopiped :: Parallelopiped (n.) A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram..
Rimose :: Rimose (a.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees..
Parallelistic :: Parallelistic (a.) Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism.
Squarrose :: Squarrose (a.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Conformability :: Conformability (n.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact.
Orientation :: Orientation (n.) The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis..
Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..
Parallel :: Parallel (v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.
Parallelless :: Parallelless (a.) Matchless.
Paralleling :: Paralleling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paralle.
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress..
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc..
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