What is the meaning of parallel?

noun

• Something having the property of being analogous to something else.
  • synonyms: analogue, analog
• An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
  • synonyms: latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude
• Mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes. ()
  • usage: "parallels never meet"

verb

• Be parallel to.
  • usage: "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
• Make or place parallel to something.
  • usage: "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"
  • synonyms: collimate
• Duplicate or match.
  • usage: "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
  • synonyms: twin, duplicate

adjective

• Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
  • usage: "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
• Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations.
  • usage: "parallel processing"