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parallel-parking

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of parking parallel to the curb; -- contrasted with angle-parking.

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Examples

  • Users can toggle through three views, including a wide-angle fisheye view and a top-down view--handy for parking or trying to exit a parallel-parking situation without tapping the vehicle behind.

    First impression: 2010 Acura ZDX 2009

  • Those tied for last among all features after the price was revealed to the survey respondents, along with automatic parallel-parking systems.

    These Days, Cheap Is the Rule of the Road for Auto Gadgetry 2009

  • Ford will soon roll out a self-parking system that promises to help the parallel-parking challenged sit back and let the car do the work.

    2009 New York Auto Show: Behind the wheel with Ford Active Park Assist 2009

  • Ford will soon roll out a self-parking system that promises to help the parallel-parking challenged sit back and let the car do the work.

    2009 New York Auto Show: Behind the wheel with Ford Active Park Assist 2009

  • Users can toggle through three views, including a wide-angle fisheye view and a top-down view -- handy for parking or trying to exit a parallel-parking situation without tapping the vehicle behind.

    First impression: 2010 Acura ZDX 2009

  • The automatic parallel-parking system will be shown next month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and will be offered as an option on the Lincoln MKS sedan and MKT crossover-utility vehicle.

    Ford Hopes Self-Parking Vehicles Boost Curb Appeal 2008

  • Motors on all the tires make parallel-parking a thing of the past.

    Tokyo Auto Show 2007

  • Either way, the Clintons joined forces yesterday in a comic sendup of that last scene of “The Sopranos,” complete with a Journey soundtrack and an exchange about how Chelsea would be joining them once she got past her parallel-parking problems.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • "For the parallel-parking challenged, the car also has voice-activated sensors that check to make sure the car will fit in a space -- then the car takes control of the wheel while the driver handles acceleration and braking."

    Archive 2004-04-01 2004

  • It slowed even further as the driver spotted the empty space and executed a smooth parallel-parking maneuver.

    Devil's Bargain Caine, Rachel 2005

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