Parallel+line

  • 1Parallel Line Internet Protocol — The Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) is an encapsulation of the Internet Protocol designed to work over a personal computer parallel port via a null printer cable, sometimes called a laplink cable. It is the analogous to what SLIP is for… …

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  • 2Parallel — Par al*lel, n. 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. [1913 Webster] Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? Pope. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Parallel of altitude — Parallel Par al*lel, n. 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. [1913 Webster] Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? Pope.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Parallel of declination — Parallel Par al*lel, n. 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. [1913 Webster] Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? Pope.… …

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  • 5Parallel of latitude — Parallel Par al*lel, n. 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. [1913 Webster] Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? Pope.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Parallel (geometry) — Parallelism is a term in geometry and in everyday life that refers to a property in Euclidean space of two or more lines or planes, or a combination of these. The assumed existence and properties of parallel lines are the basis of Euclid s… …

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  • 7parallel — parallelable, adj. parallelless, adj. parallelly, adv. /par euh lel , leuhl/, adj., n., v., paralleled, paralleling or (esp. Brit.) parallelled, parallelling. adj. 1. extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never… …

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  • 8parallel — Synonyms and related words: Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Frigid Zones, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, abri, accessory,… …

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  • 9parallel — /ˈpærəlɛl / (say paruhlel) adjective 1. having the same direction, course, or tendency; corresponding; similar; analogous: parallel forces. 2. Geometry a. (of straight lines) lying in the same plane but never meeting no matter how far extended. b …

  • 10parallel — par•al•lel [[t]ˈpær əˌlɛl, ləl[/t]] adj. n. v. leled, lel•ing (esp. brit.) lelled, lel•ling, 1) extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of chairs[/ex] 2) having the same… …

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