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Table of contents
1 Pronunciation
2 Adjective

2.1 Antonyms
2.2 Translations

3 Noun

3.1 Antonyms
3.2 Translations

4 Transitive verb

4.1 Translations

5 Related terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

parallel

  1. (of two or more things) Equally distant from one another at all points.
    Example: The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.
  2. (parallel to) (of one thing, relative to another) Equally distant from at all points.
    Example: The railway line runs parallel to the road.

Antonyms

perpendicular, skew

Translations

Noun

parallel (plural: parallels)

  1. A line of latitude.
    Example: The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.

Antonyms

perpendicular, skew (?)

Translations

Transitive verb

to parallel (British & US: paralleled, paralleled)

Translations

Related terms

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The noun "parallel" has two senses: The verb "parallel" has three senses: The adjective "parallel" has two senses:

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