parallel

Definition

Equally distant from one another at all points.

Etymology

From Middle French parallèle and its etymon Latin parallēlus, parallēlos. The verb is from the noun. By surface analysis, par- + all- + -el.

Example Sentences

• "The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel."
• "the instrument held with its plane roughly parallel to the equinoctial or celestial equato"
• "Upon interaction with ss- nucleic acid (NA) targets (deoxyribooligonucleotides (ODNs) or ribooligonucleotides), they form very stable anti-parallel and parallel duplexes [3 ], and the melting temperatures of the antiparallel duplexes are 10 to 15°C higher than those of the parallel duplexes."