The two railway tracks run parallel for hundreds of miles across the flat prairie, never meeting.
两条铁轨在平坦的草原上平行延伸数百英里，从未相交。
A city planner claims that converting a portion of an underused highway into a linear park would increase nearby property values without significantly worsening traffic congestion on parallel routes.
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Which choice best defines “parallel”?
B — Being an equal distance apart everywhere. “parallel” means being an equal distance apart everywhere.
Which word means “being an equal distance apart everywhere”?
C — parallel. “parallel” means being an equal distance apart everywhere.
parallel — being an equal distance apart everywhere. In Chinese: 平行的.
parallel is pronounced /ˈpærəlel/.
The two railway tracks run parallel for hundreds of miles across the flat prairie, never meeting. (两条铁轨在平坦的草原上平行延伸数百英里，从未相交。)
aligned, corresponding, analogous — all close in meaning to parallel (being an equal distance apart everywhere).
converging, intersecting — each the opposite of parallel (being an equal distance apart everywhere).
Yes. parallel is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.