rinnakkainen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apposite adjective Very suitable to the particular situation or point being made; strikingly to the point.
- collateral noun An asset pledged as security for a loan, which the lender can claim if the borrower fails to repay.
- concurrent adj Happening or existing at the same moment as something else.
- parallel adj Running alongside something else, always the same distance apart, never meeting.
Senses
rinnakkainen is used for these senses in English:
- apposite Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
- apposite Related, homologous.
- collateral Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- concurrent (computing, of code) Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
- parallel (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- side-by-side Adjacent; juxtaposed.
collateral — full definition
- noun An asset pledged as security for a loan, which the lender can claim if the borrower fails to repay.
- adj Secondary or incidental, alongside the main effect or target.
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