English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of parallel

parallel

/adjective/ समानांतर; सदृश; अनुरूप; समरूप;
/noun/समानांतर; अक्षांश; समानांतर-रेखा; अक्षांश-रेखा; समान्तर;
/verb/समानांतर करना; मुक़ाबला करना; मुताबिक़ होना; अनुकूल होना; मेल खाना;

Synonym like; analogous; similar; latitude; encounter; match; cohere; coincide;

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English Dictionary:

1. Parallel

[a.]

- Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
- Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.
- Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.

2. Parallel

[n.]

- A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
- Direction conformable to that of another line,
- Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
- Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.
- 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.
- 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 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. Parallel

[v. i.]

- To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.

4. Parallel

[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.
- Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.