parallel

parallel
1 noun (C)
1 a connection between two things, especially things that exist or happen in different places or at different times
(+ between): There are certain parallels between Europe today and 100 years ago. (+ with): The study of philosophy has close parallels with the study of linguistics. | draw a parallel between (=show that two things are similar): The book draws a parallel between ancient and modern theories of education.
2 something that is very similar to something else: Modern styles of painting have their parallels in music and literature. | have no parallel/be without parallel (=be greater, better, worse etc than anything else): a social revolution without parallel in history
3 in parallel with together with and at the same time as something else: private organizations working in parallel with the state education system
4 an imaginary line drawn on a map of the Earth, that is parallel to the equator: the 38th parallel
5 be in parallel technical if two electrical circuits (=complete circular paths) are in parallel, they are connected so that any electric current is divided equally between them
2 adjective
1 two lines that are parallel to each other are the same distance apart along their whole length: Lines AB and CD are parallel.
(+ to/with): Parallel with the old fence was a new one of barbed wire. | The road runs parallel to the railway.
2 formal similar and happening at the same time: Social changes in Britain are matched by parallel trends in other countries.
3 verb (T) formal
1 to be as good as something else: a level of economic prosperity paralleled by few other countries
2 to be similar to something else: Does the geology of Mars parallel in any way that of Earth?

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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