If two or more lines, streets, etc. are parallel, the distance between them is the same all along their length:
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C2 used to describe an event or situation that happens at the same time as and/or is similar to another one:
Similar and the same
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specialized computing sending through several bits (= units) of information at a time using a link with several channels (= wires or connections):
Operating computers
C2 [ C ] something very similar to something else, or a similarity between two things:
If something has no parallel or is without parallel, there is nothing similar to it or of the same high quality as it:
a line that is always at the same distance from another line
one of a number of imaginary lines around the earth always at the same distance from the equator:
If two or more parts of an electrical system are in parallel, they are arranged in a way that means they both receive the same amount of electricity.
to happen at the same time as something else, or be similar or equal to something else:
Simultaneous and consecutive
in a position that is always the same distance from something else:
geometry [ not gradable ] (of two or more straight lines) being the same distance apart along all their length:
similar or matching:
something very similar to something else, or a similarity between two things:
earth science one of the imaginary latitude lines around the earth that are parallel to the equator:
ECONOMICS, COMMERCE used to describe products that are bought in one country in an unofficial way and then sold more cheaply than usual in a different country:
IT involving two or more computer processes happening at one time:
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