parallel
      adj 1: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel
             lines never converge"; "concentric circles are
             parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" [ant: perpendicular,
              oblique]
      2: of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple
         operations; "parallel processing"
      n 1: something having the property of being analogous to
           something else [syn: analogue, analog]
      2: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
         [syn: latitude, line of latitude, {parallel of
         latitude]
      v 1: be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
      2: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the
         ditch to the highway" [syn: collimate]
      3: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
         and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate]
      [also: parallelling, parallelled]


 parallelling
      See parallel