From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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"
noun
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}]
verb
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}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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