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Definition of parallel for Students. 1  1 : a line or surface that lies at or moves in the same direction as another but is always the same distance from it. 2  2 : one of the imaginary circles on the earth's surface running in the same direction as the equator and marking latitude.
Electronics An arrangement of components in a circuit that splits the current into two or more paths. Used chiefly in the phrase in parallel. tr.v. parÂ·alÂ·leled, parÂ·alÂ·lelÂ·ing, parÂ·alÂ·lels also parÂ·alÂ·lelled or parÂ·alÂ·lelÂ·ling. 1. To make or place parallel to something else: paralleled the ditch to the highway. 2. To be or extend parallel to: a trail that parallels the crater rim. 3.