Close to and Parallel

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Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.

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Parallel and close to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parallel" instead an adjective phrase "Close to".

Parallel adjective - Having qualities in common.

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Close to and parallel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adjective "Parallel".

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

Among them, Stegodon ganesa had huge parallel tusks so close to each other that illustrations show the animal as obligated to keep its trunk aside the two tusks!

Source: Useful Notes / Stock Dinosaurs (Non-Dinosaurs)
Descending from low orbit is much harder to screw up, as the vehicle is already very close to the atmosphere and moving parallel to it; all it has to do is slow down a bit.

Source: Reentry Scare
If the blades come close to parallel in any of these planes, it presents an opportunity for a sword to slip out of the bind and makes a double-kill much more likely.

Source: Useful Notes / European Swordsmanship

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