"parallel parking" meaning in English

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      "form": "parallel parkings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915 August 19, The Automobile, volume 33, page 356",
          "text": "Requiring parallel parking at the curb for all vehicles of the delivery type.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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          "parking",
          "parking"
        ],
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          "parallel",
          "parallel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 14 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stationnement en créneau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 14 11",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estacionamento en paralelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 14 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "páirceáil chomhthreomhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 14 11",
          "alt": "じゅうれつちゅうしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jūretsuchūsya",
          "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
          "word": "縦列駐車"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 14 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "parkowanie równoległe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 14 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
          "word": "baliza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 14 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aparcamiento en línea"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1935 September, National Highway Users Conference, “Scholarships Are Awarded in Road-e-o Event”, in Highway Highlights, page 5",
          "text": "... involving straight line driving, maneuvering in close quarters, parallel parking and smooth stopping.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Richard Paine, “Parallel parking reference points”, in Driving test tips, retrieved 2013-03-08",
          "text": "The parallel parking or reverse parking manoeuvre is known for being one of the most difficult and as a result, fails a great many driving tests.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A driving technique that facilitates such parking."
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      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1938, Oscar M. Gunderson, “Traffic Safety Program of the Michigan State Police”, in University of Michigan Official Publication, volume 40, page 182",
          "text": "In parking, the applicant is required to maneuver his car into a parallel parking space 1 1/2 car lengths long.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, R. V. Raikar, Elements of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, page 19",
          "text": "Parking lanes are provided in urban lanes for side parking. Parallel parking is preferred to perpendicular and oblique because it is safe for vehicles moving on the road.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A space at the side of the road where such parking is allowed."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Parallel parking"
  ],
  "word": "parallel parking"
}

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    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parallel parkings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "-",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1915 August 19, The Automobile, volume 33, page 356",
          "text": "Requiring parallel parking at the curb for all vehicles of the delivery type.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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        [
          "parking",
          "parking"
        ],
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          "parallel",
          "parallel"
        ]
      ],
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        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1935 September, National Highway Users Conference, “Scholarships Are Awarded in Road-e-o Event”, in Highway Highlights, page 5",
          "text": "... involving straight line driving, maneuvering in close quarters, parallel parking and smooth stopping.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Richard Paine, “Parallel parking reference points”, in Driving test tips, retrieved 2013-03-08",
          "text": "The parallel parking or reverse parking manoeuvre is known for being one of the most difficult and as a result, fails a great many driving tests.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A driving technique that facilitates such parking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1938, Oscar M. Gunderson, “Traffic Safety Program of the Michigan State Police”, in University of Michigan Official Publication, volume 40, page 182",
          "text": "In parking, the applicant is required to maneuver his car into a parallel parking space 1 1/2 car lengths long.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, R. V. Raikar, Elements of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, page 19",
          "text": "Parking lanes are provided in urban lanes for side parking. Parallel parking is preferred to perpendicular and oblique because it is safe for vehicles moving on the road.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A space at the side of the road where such parking is allowed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stationnement en créneau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estacionamento en paralelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "páirceáil chomhthreomhar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうれつちゅうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūretsuchūsya",
      "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
      "word": "縦列駐車"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "parkowanie równoległe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
      "word": "baliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparcamiento en línea"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Parallel parking"
  ],
  "word": "parallel parking"
}