"parallel parking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parallel parkings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} parallel parking (usually uncountable, plural parallel parkings)
  1. The action of parking a vehicle with its side parallel to the curb or the side of the road and facing in the direction of the traffic in the adjacent lane. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb): stationnement en créneau [masculine] (French), estacionamento en paralelo [masculine] (Galician), páirceáil chomhthreomhar [feminine] (Irish), 縦列駐車 (jūretsuchūsya) (alt: じゅうれつちゅうしゃ) (Japanese), parkowanie równoległe [neuter] (Polish), baliza (Portuguese), aparcamiento en línea [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-parallel_parking-en-noun-8pT0WT8s Disambiguation of 'action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb': 69 18 13
  2. A driving technique that facilitates such parking. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  3. A space at the side of the road where such parking is allowed. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-parallel_parking-en-noun-9iGbWWre

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