Parallel
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: Equally distant from one another at all points. parallel to: Of one thing, relative to another: Equally distant from at all points.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: With a parallel relationship
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One of a set of parallel lines. A line of latitude. An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To construct something parallel to something else. Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else. Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else. To compare or liken something to something else.
Example sentence: There is an opportunity to recreate the financial world as we know it in the parallel universe that is the blockchain. We are writing rules for this whole new universe.
Latitude
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The angular distance north or south from the equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.An imaginary line (in fact a circle) around the Earth running parallel to the equator.The relative freedom from restrictions.The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
Example sentence: The regions of the North Pole situated within the eighty-fourth degree of north latitude have not yet been utilized, for the very good reason that they have not yet been discovered.