WARNING: Antidepressant medications are used to treat a variety of conditions, including depression and other mental/mood disorders. These medications can help prevent suicidal thoughts /attempts and provide other important benefits.
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.
Definition of parallel for English Language Learners : very similar and often happening at the same time computers: designed for a computer system in which very small pieces of information are sent over separate wires at the same time