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Verb

Adjective

Adjective

Adverb

The word "parallel" can be used as noun, verb, adjective, adjective and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

oblique perpendicular perpendicular serial

Coordinate Terms

concurrent

Derived Terms

antiparallel autoparallel biparallel embarrassingly parallel embarrassingly parallel forty-ninth parallel frontoparallel hyperparallel imparalleled massively parallel multiparallel nonparallel parallel algorithm parallel axis theorem parallel bars parallel circuit parallel citation parallel compression parallel computing parallel cousin parallel dead space parallel giant slalom parallel gill trama parallel immersion parallel import parallel key parallel motion parallel palette parallel park parallel parking parallel play parallel port parallel postulate parallel processing parallel ruler parallel slalom parallel society parallel text parallel transport parallel universe parallel world parallelable parallelisation parallelise parallelism parallelistic parallelity parallelization parallelize parallelless parallelness parallelogram parallelohedron parallelwise plane-parallel planoparallel pseudoparallel quasiparallel subparallel superparallel teleparallel ultraparallel unparallel unparalleled

Derived From

para

Context

computer science computing hyperbolic geometry mathematics military printing said of pair of lines

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

agree alter change check correspond figure fit gibe jibe line match modify similarity tally

Type Of (IsA)

figure

Manner Of

change match

Related Terms

parallax parallelly sequential ∥

Related Terms

analogous coincide comparable compare component construct current direction distant electrical equally hyperbolic geometry in parallel intersect latitude liken line multiple parallelly place processing relationship sequential spherical geometry symmetrical tasks

Similar Terms

antiparallel antiparallel collateral collateral comparable nonconvergent nonintersecting nonintersecting symmetric symmetrical synchronal synchronic synchronous synchronous

Synonym Network

analogue latitude twin

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