Synonyms: analog, analogue, parallel
Definition: something having the property of being analogous to something else
Similar words: similarity
Definition: the quality of being similar
Synonyms: latitude, line of latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude
Definition: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
Similar words: line
Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Synonyms: parallel
Definition: (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
Usage: parallels never meet
Similar words: figure
Definition: a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
Definition: make or place parallel to something
Usage: They paralleled the ditch to the highway
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: parallel
Definition: be parallel to
Usage: Their roles are paralleled by ours
Similar words: correspond, tally, jibe, match, fit, gibe, agree, check
Definition: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Usage: The two stories don't agree in many details; The handwriting checks with the signature on the check; The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
Synonyms: parallel, duplicate, twin
Definition: duplicate or match
Usage: The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse
Similar words: correspond, tally, jibe, match, fit, gibe, agree, check
Definition: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Usage: The two stories don't agree in many details; The handwriting checks with the signature on the check; The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
Synonyms: parallel
Definition: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
Usage: parallel lines never converge; concentric circles are parallel; dancers in two parallel rows
Similar words: antiparallel
Definition: (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed
Usage: antiparallel vectors
Similar words: collateral
Definition: situated or running side by side
Usage: collateral ridges of mountains
Similar words: nonconvergent, nonintersecting
Definition: (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing
Synonyms: parallel
Definition: of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
Usage: parallel processing
Similar words: synchronal, synchronic, synchronous
Definition: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
Usage: recovery was synchronous with therapy- Jour.A.M.A.; a synchronous set of clocks; the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight; synchronous oscillations