parallelism

ˈpærəˌlɛlɪzəm

Definition

Definition of parallelism - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

comparisonsimilarity or correspondence between different things

The parallelism between their careers is quite remarkable..

correspondence

similarity

rhetoric

TECH.

use of parallel structures in writing or speech

TECH.

The speech's parallelism made it more persuasive.

repetition

linguistics

TECH.

use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same

TECH.

His speech was full of parallelism, enhancing its rhythmic quality..

correspondence

recurrence

repetition

technology

TECH.

use of parallel processing in computing

TECH.

Parallelism in computing speeds up data processing.

concurrency

multithreading

simultaneity

philosophy

TECH.

simultaneous occurrence of mental and physical events

TECH.

Parallelism suggests mind and body events align.

coincidence

concurrence

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Origin of parallelism

Greek, para (beside) + allelos (each other)

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sequential

adj.

technology

executed in a sequence without parallelism

superscalar

adj.

technology

implementing parallelism in a single processor for faster throughput

unconformability

geology

lack of parallelism between rock layers

Examples of parallelism in a sentence

He noticed a parallelism in the patterns of behavior.
The essay's parallelism improved its clarity.
Parallelism in the poem added to its rhythm.
The essay's parallelism made it easy to follow.
Parallelism in poetry can create a pleasing rhythm.
Parallelism allows multiple tasks to run simultaneously.

The software's efficiency is enhanced by parallelism.
Philosophers debate the implications of parallelism.
Parallelism challenges traditional views of mind-body interaction.

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French:parallélisme, calcul parallèle, ...
German:Parallelismus, Parallelität, ...
Italian:parallelismo, corrispondenza, ...
Spanish:paralelismo, procesamiento paralelo, ...
Portuguese:paralelismo, processamento paralelo, ...
Chinese:相似性, 平行结构, ...
Japanese:類似性, 並列性, ...
Arabic:تَشَابُه, التَّوَازِي, ...
Hebrew:דִּמְיוֹן, מַקְבִּילוֹת, ...
Russian:параллелизм, согласованность, ...
Ukrainian:паралелізм, паралельні обчислення, ...
Hindi:समानता, समानांतर संरचना, ...
Bengali:সাদৃশ্য, সমান্তরাল গঠন, ...
Catalan:paral.lelisme, ús de paral.lelisme, ...
Czech:paralela, paralelismus, ...
Danish:parallelitet, parallelstruktur, ...
Dutch:parallelisme, parallelstructuur, ...
Greek:ομοιότητα, ρητορική παραλληλία, ...
Hungarian:párhuzam, párhuzamosság, ...
Khmer:ភាពស្របគ្នា, សមាសភាពស្របគ្នា, ...
Korean:유사성, 평행 구조, ...
Persian:شباهت, موازی‌سازی, ...
Polish:równoległość, paralelizm, ...
Portuguese (BR):paralelismo, ...
Romanian:paralelism, structuri paralele, ...
Swedish:parallellitet, parallellism, ...
Thai:ความสอดคล้อง, โครงสร้างคู่ขนาน, ...
Turkish:paralellik, paralelizm, ...
Vietnamese:sự tương đồng, song song, ...

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