Definition of parallel

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Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage..

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Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Unparalleled :: Unparalleled (a.) Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched..
Contrate :: Contrate (a.) Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it..
Paragon :: Paragon (v. t.) To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
Parallel :: Parallel (v. t.) To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) The quality or state of being parallel.
Swig :: Swig (n.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Paralleling :: Paralleling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paralle.
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Trapezoid :: Trapezoid (n.) A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other..
Clinopinacoid :: Clinopinacoid (n.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.
Longilateral :: Longilateral (a.) Having long sides especially, having the form of a long parallelogram..
Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..
Nerved :: Nerved (a.) Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins..
Homoeomerous :: Homoeomerous (a.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.
Parallelogrammic :: Parallelogrammic (a.) Alt. of Parallelogrammica.
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..
Squarrose :: Squarrose (a.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..
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