parallel

adjective
pa·ra·llel
/ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/

equally distant from one another at all points.

Example

“The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.”

Other meanings

Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
“The two railway lines are parallel.”
Either not intersecting, or coinciding.[http://www.josleys.com/article_show.php?id=83 Jos Leys — The hyperbolic chamber] (paragraph 8)

Antonyms

perpendicular

Related words

autoparallel
biparallel
embarrassingly parallel
frontoparallel
hyperparallel
massively parallel
multiparallel
nonparallel
parallelable
parallel axis theorem
parallel bars
parallel citation

Example sentences

“In a parallel universe, that might be true.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "parallēlus,parallēlos".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “parallel” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.