Meanings
- At the same time; together, concurrently, cotemporally.
Translations to all five languages were done in parallel.
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Near-synonyms: synchronous (adjective), synchronously (adverb), simultaneously (adverb)
Synonyms: synchronous, synchronously, simultaneously · Antonyms: serially, in series
- Aligned or connected side by side, instead of end to end.
The total resistance of two resistors connected in parallel is easily calculated using a simple formula.
Antonyms: in series
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAt the same time; together, concurrently, cotemporally.
prepositional phraseAligned or connected side by side, instead of end to end.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 並聯 /并联
- 並聯 /并联 (bìnglián)aligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Finnish rinnakkain, samanaikaisesti
- rinnakkainat the same time
- samanaikaisestiat the same time
- rinnanaligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
French en parallèle
- en parallèlealigned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Hungarian párhuzamosan, párhuzamosan
- párhuzamosanat the same time
- párhuzamosanaligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Polish równocześnie, równolegle
- równocześnieat the same time
- równoleglealigned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Portuguese em paralelo, em paralelo
- em paraleloat the same time
- em paraleloaligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Romanian concomitent, paralel
- concomitentat the same time
- paralelat the same time
- în paralelaligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Russian паралле́льно, паралле́льно
- паралле́льно (parallélʹno)at the same time
- паралле́льно (parallélʹno)aligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Spanish en paralelo
- en paraleloaligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Ukrainian парале́льно, рівнобі́жно
- парале́льно (paralélʹno)at the same time
- рівнобі́жно (rivnobížno)at the same time
- парале́льно (paralélʹno)aligned or connected side by side, instead of in series
Cite this entry
in parallel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20parallel
“in parallel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20parallel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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