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Definition
Adjective:
- Parallel: Describing two or more lines, paths, or surfaces that are always the same distance apart and never meet, no matter how far they are extended.
- Simultaneous / Concurrent: Describing two or more processes, events, or actions that occur at the same time or alongside each other.
Adverb:
- In parallel / Parallelly: In a manner where two or more things run alongside each other, either in a spatial or temporal sense, without intersecting.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hai đường ray xe lửa chạy song song với nhau. (The two train tracks run parallel to each other.)
- Dự án được tiến hành theo hai hướng song song. (The project is proceeding in two parallel directions.)
- Adverb:
- Hai nhóm làm việc song song để hoàn thành sớm hơn. (The two teams work in parallel to finish earlier.)
Advanced Usage
- In Computing: Refers to tasks or processes executed simultaneously.
- Bộ xử lý có khả năng chạy nhiều lệnh song song. (The processor can execute many instructions in parallel.)
- In Literature/Rhetoric (Parallelism): A structural arrangement where parts of a sentence, idea, or story are grammatically similar or identical in construction.
- Tác giả sử dụng cấu trúc song song để nhấn mạnh ý. (The author uses parallel structure to emphasize the point.)
Variants and Related Words
- Song song với (prepositional phrase): Parallel to; concurrently with.
- Anh ấy học đại học song song với việc đi làm. (He studies at university parallel to working a job.)
- Tính song song (n): The property of being parallel; parallelism.
Synonyms
- Parallel: Equidistant at all points.
- Concurrent: Happening or existing at the same time.
- Simultaneous: Occurring or operating at the same time.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Tiến hành song song: To carry out concurrently.
- Cải tạo và xây mới được tiến hành song song. (Renovation and new construction are carried out concurrently.)
- Tồn tại song song: To coexist.
- Hai hệ thống cũ và mới tồn tại song song trong một thời gian. (The old and new systems coexisted for a time.)