Meaning & use
parallel
Describing straight lines in the same plane that never meet, however far they extend.
See it in a sentence
Opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
Draw a line parallel to the bottom edge of the page.
A note on using this word
Use parallel to. For straight lines, being in the same plane matters: some lines in three-dimensional space never meet but are not parallel.
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