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Bible Dictionaries
Parallel
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) Direction conformable to that of another line,
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
(7):
(v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to.
(8):
(v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
(11):
(a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
(12):
(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.
(13):
(a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
(14):
(v. i.) To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
(15):
(v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel.
(16):
(n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
(17):
(n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parallel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/parallel.html. 1828.
