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31parallel — 1. adjective a) Equally distant from one another at all points. The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel. b) Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with to . The railway line runs parallel to the road …
32Direction centrale des renseignements généraux — The Direction Centrale des Renseignements Généraux (Central Directorate of General Intelligence), often called Renseignements Généraux (RG), was the intelligence service of the French police, answerable to the Direction Générale de la Police… …
33parallel — Adjective: Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equidistant; having the same direction or tendency; like; similar. Postal Tel. Cable Co. v Norfolk & Western Railroad Co. 88 Va 920, 926. Noun: A line parallel to the equator. A base… …
34parallel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parallelism; coextension; analogy, comparison. adj. coextensive, side by side; analogous, similar. See similarity, equality, symmetry. Ant., divergent. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Equidistant at all… …
35parallel — Two or more straight lines or edges on the same plane that do not intersect. Parallel lines have the same direction …
36parallel motion — movement that is in exactly the same direction; corresponding motion …
37Parallel — A configuration of an electrical circuit in which the voltage is the same across the terminals. The positive reference direction for each resistor current is down through the resistor with the same voltage across each resistor …
38parallel railroads — A word of art in statutes concerning the consolidation of railroads. Railroad lines, not necessarily equidistant from each other, but having the same general direction in the same section of the country and therefore likely to come in competition …
39in parallel — 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.… …
40Vertical direction — In astronomy, geography, geometry and related sciences and contexts, a direction passing by a given point is said to be vertical if it is locally aligned with the gradient of the gravity field, i.e., with the direction of the gravitational force… …
