1 | noun | something having the property of being analogous to something else 2 | noun | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator 3 | noun | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes) 4 | verb | be parallel to 5 | verb | make or place parallel to something 6 | verb | duplicate or match 7 | adjective | being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting 8 | adjective | of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations (8 meanings)

p'eruhl, el (IPA: pˈɛrəlˌɛl)

par-al-lel (8 letters | 3 syllables)

1549 (European Renaissance) (477 years ago)

Middle French | Latin | Modern Greek

written: 4455th most common (1 in 50000 words) ( > 99% adjective | 0% verb | 0% noun)

spoken: 4445th most common (1 in 500000 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

parallels | paralleled | paralleling

analog | analogue | latitude | line of latitude | parallel of latitude | collimate | duplicate | twin (total: 8)

oblique | perpendicular

echo | horse latitude | polar circle | tropic

similarity | line | figure | agree | check | correspond | fit | gibe | jibe | match | tally | alter | change | modify (total: 14)

(none among common words)

parabled | parables | parallax

(none among common words)

parallel axiom | parallel bars | parallel circuit | parallel interface | parallel of latitude | parallel operation | parallel-park | parallel port | parallel processing | parallel-veined leaf | uneven parallel bars (total: 11)

Parallel Lives (Plutarch)

49th Parallel

parallel.com | parallel.net | parallel.org | parallel.info | parallel.biz (total: 5)

Aligned | Fated never to meet? | Like railroad tracks | Side by side | Similar (total: 5) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

10 (International English) | 10 (North American English)