Parallel and Pattern

noun

• Something having the property of being analogous to something else.
  • synonyms: analogue, analog
• An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
  • synonyms: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude
• Mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes. ()
  • usage: "parallels never meet"

verb

• Be parallel to.
  • usage: "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
• Make or place parallel to something.
  • usage: "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
  • synonyms: collimate
• Duplicate or match.
  • usage: "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
  • synonyms: twin, duplicate

adjective

• Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
  • usage: "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
• Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations.
  • usage: "parallel processing"

• (n.) That arrangement of an electrical system in which all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to another conductor; -- called also multiple. Opposed to series.
• (v.t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.
• (n.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
• (n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
• (v.t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.
• (v.i.) To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
• (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
• (n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,.
• (n.) 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.
• (a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
• (n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
• (v.t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim or the like.
• (n.) Anything equal to or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
• (n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
• (a.) Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.
• (v.t.) To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to or to conform in direction with, something else.
• (n.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.

noun

• A perceptual structure.
  • usage: "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
  • synonyms: form, shape
• A customary way of operation or behavior.
  • usage: "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
  • synonyms: practice
• A decorative or artistic work.
  • usage: "the coach had a design on the doors"
  • synonyms: design, figure
• Something regarded as a normative example.
  • usage: "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
  • synonyms: convention, normal, rule, formula
• A model considered worthy of imitation.
  • usage: "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
• Something intended as a guide for making something else.
  • usage: "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
  • synonyms: blueprint, design
• The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport.
  • usage: "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
  • synonyms: traffic pattern, approach pattern
• Graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle.
  • synonyms: radiation pattern, radiation diagram

verb

• Plan or create according to a model or models.
  • synonyms: model
• Form a pattern.
  • usage: "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

• (n.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
• (n.) Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
• (n.) Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
• (v.t.) To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
• (n.) Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
• (n.) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.
• (n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
• (v.t.) To make or design (anything) by, from or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
• (n.) Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
• (n.) Something made after a model; a copy.

Pattern is a technical chart formation used to make market predictions by following the price movements of securities.