parallel Значение & определение

Значение на parallel на български

• 0 If two or more lines, streets, etc. are parallel, the distance between them is the same all along their length:

  • Draw a pair of parallel lines.

  • Hills Road is parallel to Mill Road.

• 1 used to describe an event or situation that happens at the same time as and/or is similar to another one:

  • a parallel example

  • Parallel experiments are being conducted in Rome, Paris and London.

• 2 sending through several bits (= units) of information at a time using a link with several channels (= wires or connections):

  • parallel communication

• 3 something very similar to something else, or a similarity between two things:

  • I'm trying to see if there are any obvious parallels between the two cases.

  • It would be easy to draw (= make) a parallel between the city's history and that of its theatres.

  • These beautiful African churches have no parallel in Europe.

• 4 a line that is always at the same distance from another line

  • Cambridge lies near the 52nd parallel.

• 5 to happen at the same time as something else, or be similar or equal to something else:

  • The events of the last ten days in some ways parallel those before the 1978 election.

• 6 in a position that is always the same distance from something else:

  • It's a quiet street running (= positioned) parallel to the main road.

• 7 (of two or more straight lines) being the same distance apart along all their length:

  • The wood was marked with parallel dark bands.

• 8 similar or matching:

  • Parallel experiments are being conducted in Europe and the United States.

• 9 something very similar to something else, or a similarity between two things:

  • There’s an incredible parallel between the talking blues of 50 years ago and today’s rap music.

  • The black experience in America has been without parallel in the experience of other peoples.

• 10 one of the imaginary latitude lines around the earth that are parallel to the equator:

  • the 40th parallel

• 11 used to describe products that are bought in one country in an unofficial way and then sold more cheaply than usual in a different country:

  • Brandowners are not entirely opposed to parallel trade.

  • The government has adopted a labelling policy which requires distributors of parallel goods to label the origins of the goods.

• 12 involving two or more computer processes happening at one time:

  • Groups of workstations act in parallel.