parallel
adjective
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being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting“parallel lines never converge”
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of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations“parallel processing”
noun
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something having the property of being analogous to something elseanalog
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an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equatorlatitudeline of latitudeparallel of latitude
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(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)“parallels never meet”
verb
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make or place parallel to something“They paralleled the ditch to the highway”collimate
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be parallel to“Their roles are paralleled by ours”
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duplicate or matchduplicate