parallel

  • 61parallel — par·al·lel (parґə lel) [L. parallelus] 1. pertaining to straight lines or planes that do not intersect. 2. pertaining to electric circuit components connected “in parallel” so that the current flow divides, each branch passing through… …

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  • 62Parallel — Ligeløbende, jævnsides. Parallel (matematik). To rette linjer siges at være på, når de ligger i samme plan og ikke skærer hinanden, hvor langt de end forlænges. Euklid beviste, at to linjer, der skærer en tredje således, at summen af de… …

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  • 63parallel — pa·ral·le̲l Adj; <Linien> so, dass sie an jeder Stelle gleich weit voneinander entfernt sind: etwas verläuft parallel zu etwas || K : Parallelstraße …

    Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • 64parallel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parallelism; coextension; analogy, comparison. adj. coextensive, side by side; analogous, similar. See similarity, equality, symmetry. Ant., divergent. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Equidistant at all… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 65parallel — [16] Etymologically, parallel simply means ‘beside each other’. It comes via French parallèle and Latin parallēlus from Greek parállēlos. This was a compound formed from pará ‘beside’ and allélōn ‘each other’, a derivative of állos ‘other’ (to… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 66parallel —    Two or more straight lines or edges on the same plane that do not intersect. Parallel lines have the same direction …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 67parallel — i, o (G). Parallel …

    Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

  • 68parallel — I. a. 1. Equidistant throughout (as lines). 2. In conformity, in harmony, in accordance. 3. Like, similar, analogous, resembling, allied, equal, correspondent. II. n. 1. Parallel line. 2. Resemblance, similarity, likeness …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 69parallel — I pa|ral|lel 1. pa|ral|lel sb., len, ler, lerne (modsvarighed, sidestykke; MATEMATIK linje der er parallel med en anden linje) II pa|ral|lel 2. pa|ral|lel adj., t, le; parallelle linjer; et parallelt tilfælde …

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  • 70parallel —   Kaulike, moe like, iliwai like.    ♦ Parallel line, kaha kaulike …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary