Thou ungrateful brute, if thou wouldst find thy parallel, go to hell, which is both the region and the emblem of ingratitude.įor works like these, let deathless journals tell, The parallel holds in the gainlesness, as well as laboriousness of the work.Ī reader cannot be more rationally entertained, than by comparing and drawing a parallel between his own private character, and that of other persons.Īddison. Resemblance conformity continued through many particulars likeness.Īnd shew the world this parallel. More they proceed, the more they still disjoin. So lines, that from their parallel decline, Scarce seen they rise but gather as they run Direction conformable to that of another line.ĭissentions, like small streams, are first begun, Lines continuing their course, and still remaining at the same distance from each other.Īlexander Pope. I shall observe something parallel to the wooing and wedding suit in the behaviour of persons of figure.Ĭompare the words and phrases in one place of an author, with the same in other places of the same author, which are generally called parallel places.Įtymology: from the adjective. The foundation principle of peripateticism is exactly parallel to an acknowledged nothing. Continuing the resemblance through many particulars equal like. When honour runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished but when the dictates of honour are contrary to those of religion and equity, they are the great depravations of human nature.Īddison. Extended in the same direction, and preserving always the same distance.ĭistorting the order and theory of causes perpendicular to their effects, he draws them aside unto things whereto they run parallel, and their proper motions would never meet together. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:Įtymology: παϱάλληλος parallele, Fr. Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same timeĮtymology: From παράλληλος, from παρά + ἄλληλος, along each other Said of a pair of lines: that they either do not intersect or they coincide Having the same overall direction the comparison is indicated with "to". The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel. To compare or liken something to something else.Įqually distant from one another at all points. Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else. Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else. To construct something parallel to something else. Something identical or similar in essential respects The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.Īn arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths see in parallel Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:
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