Parallel Lives
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Combination of the word 'parallel' and 'latitude'.
مثال
- The parallel of latitude at 30 degrees north is known as the Tropic of Cancer.
- Navigators use parallels of latitude to determine their position on the globe.
- The parallel of latitude at 60 degrees south is known as the Antarctic Circle.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays