parallel vs radiate

parallel

verb
  • To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc. 

  • To produce or adduce as a parallel. 

  • To compare or liken something to something else. 

  • To equal; to match; to correspond to. 

  • To construct or place something parallel to something else. 

  • Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else. 

  • Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else. 

adv
  • With a parallel relationship. 

adj
  • Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to". 

  • Either not intersecting, or coinciding. 

  • Equally distant from one another at all points. 

  • Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time. 

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

  • A line of latitude. 

  • One of a set of parallel lines. 

  • 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. 

  • An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel. 

  • Something identical or similar in essential respects. 

  • A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity. 

radiate

verb
  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner. 

  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves. 

  • To illuminate. 

  • To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography. 

  • To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii. 

  • To emit rays or waves. 

  • to spread into new habitats, migrate. 

noun
  • One of the Radiata. 

adj
  • Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture. 

  • Having radial symmetry, like a seastar. 

  • Belonging to the Radiata. 

  • Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated. 

  • Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers. 

  • Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular. 

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