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Definition of parallel for Students. 1  1 : a line or surface that lies at or moves in the same direction as another but is always the same distance from it. 2  2 : one of the imaginary circles on the earth's surface running in the same direction as the equator and marking latitude.
Parallelism (grammar) In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. The application of parallelism improves writing style and readability, and is thought to make sentences easier to process.