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be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" analogue: something having the property of being analogous to something else being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" twin: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing"
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In electrical circuits series and parallel are two basic ways of wiring components. The naming comes after the method of attaching components, i.e. one after the other, or next to each other. As a demonstration, consider a very simple circuit consisting of two lightbulbs and one 9V battery. If a wire joins the battery to one bulb, to the next bulb, then back to the battery, in one continuous loop, the bulbs are said to be in series. ...
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| parallel play |
Playing near but not with another child.
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| parallel evolution |
Independent evolution of a trait in closely related species. One example might be the parallel development of large back teeth in several hominid species.
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Refers to processes that occur simultaneously. Printers and other devices are said to be either parallel or serial. Parallel means the device is capable of receiving more than one bit at a time (that is, it receives several bits in parallel). Most modern printers are parallel.
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