Definition of parallel

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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..

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Even :: Even (a.) Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
Twibil :: Twibil (n.) A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it..
Azure :: Azure (n.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines..
Parallel :: 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.
Bord :: Bord (n.) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.
Paralleling :: Paralleling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paralle.
Lineated :: Lineated (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf..
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight..
Collimate :: Collimate (v. t.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light..
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope..
Range :: Range (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast..
Unpeered :: Unpeered (a.) Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled.
Unparalleled :: Unparalleled (a.) Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched..
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..
Indicatrix :: Indicatrix (n.) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic..
Grate :: Grate (n.) A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters..
Prism :: Prism (n.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms..
Unique :: Unique (n.) A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
Square :: Square (n.) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
Paragon :: Paragon (v. t.) To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
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