"Parallel" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

For two lines of street railway to be “parallel,” within the meaning of a statute, it may not be necessary that the two lines should be parallel for the whole length of each or either route. Ex-act parallelism is not contemplated. Cron-in v. Highland St Ry. Co., 144 Mass. 254, 10 N. E. 833. And see East St. Louis Connecting Ry. Co. v. Jarvis, 92 Fed. 735, 34 C. C. A. 639; Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Ken-tucky, 161 U. 8. 677, 16 Sup. Ct 714, 40 L. Ed. 849

To produce or adduce as a parallel.

Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally
distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

Having the same direction or tendency; running side by
side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used
with to and with.

To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as
to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.

One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth,
parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding
line on a globe or map.

A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant
from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.

To equal; to match; to correspond to.

A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines
(thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked
note in the margin or at the foot of a page.

Conformity continued through many particulars or in all
essential points; resemblance; similarity.

Fig.: To make to conform to something else in
character, motive, aim, or the like.

A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as,
Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.

Continuing a resemblance through many particulars;
applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case;
a parallel passage.

Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all
essential particulars; a counterpart.

To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.

One of a series of long trenches constructed before a
besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops
supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the
line of outer defenses of the fortress.

Direction conformable to that of another line,