Parallel and Same

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 member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer.
  • synonyms: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Saame
• The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
  • synonyms: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Saame

adjective

• Same in identity.
  • usage: "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
• Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.
  • usage: "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"
• Equal in amount or value.
  • usage: "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"
  • synonyms: like
• Unchanged in character or nature.
  • usage: "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"

• (v.i.) Just mentioned or just about to be mentioned.
• (v.i.) Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
• (v.i.) Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.