並へい列れつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

lining up; arranging in a row; standing side by side

General use for physical or abstract arrangement in a line or parallel. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to line up' or 'to arrange in parallel'.

• 机つくえを並へい列れつに並ならべて会かい議ぎ室しつを作つくった。

  We arranged the desks in a row to make a meeting room.

• 選せん手しゅたちが並へい列れつして入にゅう場じょうした。

  The athletes entered standing in a line.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

parallel (electrical, computing)

Technical term in electronics and computing for parallel circuits or parallel processing. Often contrasted with 直列 (series).

See also: 並列回路 (へいれつかいろ) · 直列 (ちょくれつ)

• この回かい路ろは並へい列れつに接せつ続ぞくされている。

  This circuit is connected in parallel.

• 並へい列れつ処しょ理りで計けい算さん速そく度どが向こう上じょうした。

  The calculation speed improved with parallel processing.