parallel

['pærəlel] 1. adjective

1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) parallel

2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) parallel

2. adverb

(in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) parallelt

3. noun

1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) parallel

2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) lighedspunkt; parallel

3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) breddegrad

4. verb

(to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) finde ingen lige

- parallelogram

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['pærəlel] 1. adjective

1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) parallel

2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) parallel

2. adverb

(in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) parallelt

3. noun

1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) parallel

2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) lighedspunkt; parallel

3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) breddegrad

4. verb

(to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) finde ingen lige

- parallelogram