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parallel
noun
1 parallel
Something having the property of being analogous to something else.
synonyms: analog, analogue.
Roget 17:
similarity,
resemblance,
likeness,
similitude,
semblance;
affinity,
approximation,
parallelism;
agreement
etc.
23;
analogy,
analogicalness†;
correspondence,
homoiousia†,
parity.
connaturalness†,
connaturality†;
brotherhood,
family likeness.
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun.
repetition
etc.
104;
sameness
etc.
(identity)
13;
uniformity
etc.
16;
isogamy†.
analogue;
the like;
match,
pendant,
fellow companion,
pair,
mate,
twin,
double,
counterpart,
brother,
sister;
one's second self,
alter ego,
chip of the old block,
par nobile fratrum [Lat.],
Arcades ambo†,
birds of a feather,
et hoc genus omne [Lat.];
gens de meme famille [Fr.].
parallel;
simile;
type
etc.
(metaphor)
521;
image
etc.
(representation)
554;
photograph;
close resemblance,
striking resemblance,
speaking resemblance,
faithful likeness,
faithful resemblance.
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Polish: paralela
2 parallel
3 parallel
mathematics One of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes).
verb
1 parallel
Be parallel to.
Roget 464:
compare to,
compare with;
collate,
confront;
place side by side,
juxtapose
etc.
(near)
197;
set against one another,
pit against one another;
contrast,
balance.
identify,
draw a parallel,
parallel.
compare notes;
institute a comparison;
parva componere magnis [Lat.].
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Roget 17:
be similar
etc.
adj.;
look like,
resemble,
bear resemblance;
smack of,
savor of,
approximate;
parallel,
match,
rhyme with;
take after;
imitate
etc.
19;
favor,
span [U.S.].
render similar
etc.
adj.;
assimilate,
approximate,
bring near;
connaturalize†,
make alike;
rhyme,
pun.
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Roget 19:
imitate,
copy,
mirror,
reflect,
reproduce,
repeat;
do like,
echo,
reecho,
catch;
transcribe;
match,
parallel.
mock,
take off,
mimic,
ape,
simulate,
impersonate,
personate;
act
etc.
(drama)
599;
represent
etc.
554;
counterfeit,
parody,
travesty,
caricature,
lampoon,
burlesque.
follow in the steps of,
tread in the steps,
follow in the footsteps of,
follow in the wake of;
take pattern by;
follow suit,
follow the example of;
walk in the shoes of,
take a leaf out of another's book,
strike in with,
follow suit;
take after,
model after;
emulate.
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Dutch: gelijklopen
2 parallel
Make or place parallel to something:
— They paralleled the ditch to the highway.
synonym: collimate.
3 parallel
adjective
1 parallel
Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
Roget 242:
symmetrical,
shapely,
well set,
finished;
beautiful
etc.
845;
classic,
chaste,
severe.
regular,
uniform,
balanced;
equal
etc.
27;
parallel,
coextensive.
arborescent†,
arboriform†;
dendriform†,
dendroid†;
branching;
ramous†,
ramose;
filiciform†,
filicoid†;
subarborescent†;
papilionaceous†.
fuji-shaped,
fujigata [Jap.].
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Roget 216:
parallel;
coextensive;
equidistant.
Roget 17:
similar;
resembling
etc.
v.;
like,
alike;
twin.
analogous,
analogical;
parallel,
of a piece [Fr.];
such as,
so;
homoiousian†.
connatural†,
congener,
allied to;
akin to
etc.
(consanguineous)
11.
approximate,
much the same,
near,
close,
something like,
sort of,
in the ballpark,
such like;
a show of;
mock,
pseudo,
simulating,
representing.
exact
etc.
(true)
494;
lifelike,
faithful;
true to nature,
true to life,
the very image,
the very picture of;
for all the world like,
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.];
as like as two peas in a pod,
as like as it can stare;
instar omnium [Lat.],
cast in the same mold,
ridiculously like.
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2 parallel
Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations.
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