26984 words

parallels

15 definitions • 20 examples
1
If two or more lines, streets, etc. are parallel, the distance between them is the same all along their length:

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used to describe an event or situation that happens at the same time as and/or is similar to another one:

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sending through several bits (= units) of information at a time using a link with several channels (= wires or connections):
4
something very similar to something else, or a similarity between two things:

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I'm trying to see if there are any obvious parallels between the two cases.
It would be easy to draw (= make) a parallel between the city's history and that of its theatres.
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If something has no parallel or is without parallel, there is nothing similar to it or of the same high quality as it:

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These beautiful African churches have no parallel in Europe.
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a line that is always at the same distance from another line:

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In a picture, the vanishing point is the point in the distance where two parallel lines appear to meet.
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one of a number of imaginary lines around the earth always at the same distance from the equator:

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to happen at the same time as something else, or be similar or equal to something else:

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The events of the last ten days in some ways parallel those before the 1978 election.
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in a position that is always the same distance from something else:

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It's a quiet street running (= positioned) parallel to the main road.
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(of two or more straight lines) being the same distance apart along all their length:

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The wood was marked with parallel dark bands.
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something very similar to something else, or a similarity between two things:

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There’s an incredible parallel between the talking blues of 50 years ago and today’s rap music.
The black experience in America has been without parallel in the experience of other peoples.
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one of the imaginary latitude lines around the earth that are parallel to the equator:

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the 40th parallel
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used to describe products that are bought in one country in an unofficial way and then sold more cheaply than usual in a different country:

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Brandowners are not entirely opposed to parallel trade.
The government has adopted a labelling policy which requires distributors of parallel goods to label the origins of the goods.
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involving two or more computer processes happening at one time:

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Groups of workstations act in parallel.

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