"parallelism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpaɹəlɛlɪz(ə)m/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parallelism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: parallelisms [plural]
Etymology: From parallel + -ism and from Late Latin parallelismus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|parallel|ism}} parallel + -ism, {{uder|en|LL.|parallelismus}} Late Latin parallelismus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} parallelism (countable and uncountable, plural parallelisms)
  1. The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state or condition of being parallel): успоредност (usporednost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), paral·lelisme [masculine] (Catalan), samansuuntaisuus (Finnish), parallélisme (French), παραλληλότητα (parallilótita) [feminine] (Greek), παραλληλία (parallilía) [feminine] (Greek), παραλληλισμός (parallilismós) [masculine] (Greek), párhuzamosság (Hungarian), paralelismo [masculine] (Portuguese), paralelism [neuter] (Romanian), paralelitate [feminine] (Romanian), paralelismo [masculine] (Spanish), kaagapayan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun-uaML7J1W Disambiguation of 'state or condition of being parallel': 73 18 3 1 1 2 1 2
  2. The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (agreement, similarity, resemblance): прилика (prilika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), съответствие (sǎotvetstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), paral·lelisme [masculine] (Catalan), samanlaisuus (Finnish), παραλληλισμός (parallilismós) [masculine] (Greek), αντιστοιχία (antistoichía) [feminine] (Greek), párhuzam (Hungarian), hasonlóság (Hungarian), paralelismo [masculine] (Portuguese), paralelism [neuter] (Romanian), kaagapayan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun--xEYzKNu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 21 2 16 8 17 19 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 5 19 3 13 12 16 18 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 4 20 3 12 7 16 21 16 Disambiguation of 'agreement, similarity, resemblance': 6 45 1 5 7 7 25 4
  3. A parallel position; the relation of parallels. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (parallel position): rovnoběžnost [feminine] (Czech), samansuuntaisuus (Finnish), paralelitate [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun-RXC3EDez Disambiguation of 'parallel position': 7 0 85 3 0 0 0 5
  4. (rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar, Rhetoric Translations (grammar): paral·lelisme [masculine] (Catalan), parallelismi (Finnish), kerto (Finnish), παραλληλισμός (parallilismós) [masculine] (Greek), paralelismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun-Dy3sYlt6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 21 2 16 8 17 19 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 5 19 3 13 12 16 18 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 4 20 3 12 7 16 21 16 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar': 2 11 6 37 9 7 12 15
  5. (philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (philosophy): paral·lelisme [masculine] (Catalan), parallelismi (Finnish), paralelism [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun-rdQ1Wyyg Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 5 19 3 13 12 16 18 13 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'philosophy': 3 9 4 9 59 2 11 3
  6. (law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun-Nqem3L3S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 21 2 16 8 17 19 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 5 19 3 13 12 16 18 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 4 20 3 12 7 16 21 16 Topics: law
  7. (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun-WFb8TTaV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 21 2 16 8 17 19 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 5 19 3 13 12 16 18 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 4 20 3 12 7 16 21 16 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  8. (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (the use of parallel methods in computing): paral·lelisme [masculine] (Catalan), rinnakkaisuus (Finnish), paralelismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-parallelism-en-noun-vBZwKlhM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 21 2 16 8 17 19 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 5 19 3 13 12 16 18 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 4 20 3 12 7 16 21 16 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'the use of parallel methods in computing': 7 3 7 2 4 4 1 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: conscious parallelism, massive parallelism, psychophysical parallelism Related terms: parallelist, parallelistic

Inflected forms

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