parallel
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Is parallel a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.Antonyms: perpendicular, skewexcessivenot-comparable
2. (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.Examples: "a parallel algorithm"Antonyms: serial, sequentialnot-comparable
3. (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.Examples: "the parallel lives of two citizens"; "In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir."figurativelynot-comparable
4. (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.Examples: "parallel universe"not-comparableusually
noun (English)
1. (geography) A line of latitude.Examples: "The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town."
2. (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
3. (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
Definition source: Wiktionary