Parallel - Definition

adj 1: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting;
"parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are
parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" [ant:
oblique, perpendicular]
2: of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple
operations; "parallel processing"
n 1: something having the property of being analogous to
something else [syn: analogue, analog, parallel]
2: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
[syn: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude,
parallel]
3: (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures
(parallel lines or planes); "parallels never meet"
v 1: be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
2: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the
ditch to the highway" [syn: parallel, collimate]
3: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate, parallel]