parallel
English
Etymology
From Middle French parallèle, borrowed from Latin parallelus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: păr′ə-lĕl', IPA(key): /ˈpæɹəlɛl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹəˌlɛl/, (Mary–marry–merry merger) enPR: pĕr′ə-lĕl', IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹəˌlɛl/
Audio (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger): (file) Audio (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧llel
Adjective
parallel (not comparable)
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.
- 1911, William Robert Martin, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Navigation:
- the instrument held with its plane roughly parallel to the equinoctial or celestial equato
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- The two railway lines are parallel.
- 1711 July 2 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, June 21, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 99; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- When honour runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.[1]
- Antonyms: perpendicular, skew
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- Antonyms: serial, sequential
- Coordinate term: concurrent
- a parallel algorithm
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- the parallel lives of two citizens
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- parallel universe
Antonyms
Derived terms
- autoparallel
- biparallel
- embarrassingly parallel
- frontoparallel
- hyperparallel
- massively parallel
- multiparallel
- nonparallel
- parallelable
- parallel axis theorem
- parallel bars
- parallel citation
- parallel cousin
- parallel dead space
- parallel giant slalom
- parallel gill trama
- parallel immersion
- parallel import
- parallelisation
- parallelise
- parallelistic
- parallelity
- parallelization
- parallelize
- parallel key
- parallelless
- parallel motion
- parallel palette
- parallel park
- parallel parking
- parallel play
- parallel port
- parallel postulate
- parallel processing
- parallel ruler
- parallel slalom
- parallel text
- parallel transport
- parallelwise
- parallel world
- plane-parallel
- planoparallel
- pseudoparallel
- quasiparallel
- subparallel
- superparallel
- teleparallel
- ultraparallel
- unparallel
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Adverb
parallel (comparative more parallel, superlative most parallel)
- With a parallel relationship.
- The road runs parallel to the canal.
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Noun
parallel (plural parallels)
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
- Who made the spider parallels design, / Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line?
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary:
- lines that from their parallel decline
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
- None but thyself can be thy parallel.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
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Verb
parallel (third-person singular simple present parallels, present participle paralleling or (UK, nonstandard) parallelling, simple past and past participle paralleled or (UK, nonstandard) parallelled)
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- The needle […] doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian.
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
- Archaic covered bridges lingered fearsomely out of the past in pockets of the hills, and the half-abandoned railway track paralleling the river seemed to exhale a nebulously visible air of desolation.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:
- Racing on, we parallel the M5 doing 95mph, according to the app on my smartphone.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- 1984 April 14, Reginald Shepherd, “White Men's Black Men”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
- Although its spokesmen do not hesitate to parallel their oppression to that of blacks, the gay male community has chosen to ignore the voices of black gay men.
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 119:
- These scholars argue that gender and sexual identity are like nature and the environment; they parallel the queer/performance connection to the environmental/performance connection. I consider, instead, how all these categories actively interact and overlap.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- His life is parallelled / Even with the stroke and line of his great justice.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- He will steale sir an Egge out of a Cloister: for
rapes and rauishments he paralels Nessus.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- My young remembrance cannot parallel / A fellow to it.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.2.iv:
- Who cannot parallel these stories out of his experience?
- 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:
- Many have exercised their wits in paralleling the inconveniences of regal and popular government
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References
- ^ Jos Leys — The hyperbolic chamber (paragraph 8)
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian параллель (parallelʹ).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧ral‧lel
Noun
parallel
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | parallel | paralleller |
genitive | parallelniñ | parallellerniñ |
dative | parallelge | parallellerge |
accusative | parallelni | parallellerni |
locative | parallelde | parallellerde |
ablative | parallelden | parallellerden |
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Danish
Etymology
Via Latin parallēlus from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos, “side-by-side”), from παρά (pará, “by”) + ἀλλήλοις (allḗlois, “each other”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
parallel (neuter parallelt, plural and definite singular attributive parallelle)
Noun
parallel c (singular definite parallellen, plural indefinite paralleller)
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | parallel | parallellen | paralleller | parallellerne |
genitive | parallels | parallellens | parallellers | parallellernes |
References
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin parallēlus (perhaps via French parallèle), which in turn derives from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
parallel f or m (plural parallellen, diminutive parallelletje n)
- parallel (all senses)
Adjective
parallel (not comparable)
- parallel
- Synonym: evenwijdig
Declension
Declension of parallel | ||||
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uninflected | parallel | |||
inflected | parallelle | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | parallel | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | parallelle | ||
n. sing. | parallel | |||
plural | parallelle | |||
definite | parallelle | |||
partitive | parallels |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: paralèl
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin parallēlus, parallēlos, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos).
Pronunciation
Adjective
parallel (strong nominative masculine singular paralleler, not comparable)
- parallel
- Die Linien meines Schreibpapiers laufen exakt parallel. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Die eine Bahnschiene verläuft auch in der Kurve stets parallel zur anderen. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- serving the same purpose, leading to the same result
- Die Autobahn verläuft parallel zur Eisenbahn aber in ganz unterschiedlichen Biegungen und Kurven. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Die Eheleute hatten nichts verabredet, so haben sie parallel (zueinander) eingekauft. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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