parallel
     adj 1: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel
            lines never converge"; "concentric circles are
            parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" ant: perpendicular,
             oblique
     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
     2: an imaginary line around the earth parallel to the equator
        syn: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of
        latitude
     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: collimate
     3: duplicate or match; "the polished surface twinned his face
        and chest in reverse" syn: twin, duplicate
     also: parallelling, parallelled
see also:
perpendicular oblique analogue analog latitude line of latitude 
parallel of latitude collimate twin duplicate parallelling 
parallelled 

parallelling
     see parallel
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parallel