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1 parallel
['pærəlel] 1. adjective1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) paralelo2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) paralelo2. adverb(in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) paralelamente3. noun1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) paralela2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) paralelo3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) paralelo4. verb(to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) igualar* * *par.al.lel[p'ærələl] n 1 Geom paralela, linha paralela. 2 paralelismo. 3 semelhança, analogia. 4 paralelo, confronto, comparação. 5 cada um dos círculos paralelos ao equador. 6 similar: objeto, pessoa ou animal idêntico ao outro. 7 régua de paralelas. 8 Typogr paralelas: sinal de referência (//). • vt 1 comparar, confrontar. 2 formar à semelhança de. 3 igualar, assemelhar. 4 dispor em posição paralela a. 5 ser paralelo a. • adj 1 paralelo. 2 semelhante, análogo. he doesn’t find his parallel ele não encontra similar. literary parallel analogia na literatura. parallel in with semelhante a. parallel of latitude Geogr círculo de latitude. to draw a parallel between traçar um paralelo entre, fazer uma comparação entre. to run parallel to a) correr paralelo a. b) concordar com, guiar-se por. we parallel it with confrontamo-lo com. we put ourselves on a parallel with comparamo-nos a. without parallel sem paralelo, inigualado. -
2 to run parallel to
to run parallel toa) correr paralelo a. b) concordar com, guiar-se por. -
3 railway
1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) caminho de ferro2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) os caminhos de ferro* * *rail.way[r'eilwei] n 1 estrada de ferro. 2 companhia de estrada de ferro. -
4 railway
1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) estrada de ferro, ferrovia2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) estrada de ferro
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