1. (

• parallel

) be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" ;

2. (

• parallel ,
• collimate ,

) make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" ;

3. (

• twin ,
• duplicate ,
• parallel ,

) duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" ;

1. (

• parallel

) being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" ;

2. (

• parallel

) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing" ;