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noun
The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
similarity by virtue of corresponding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: correspondence
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Broader terms: similarity
History
From parallel + -ism and from Late Latin parallelismus.
Across languages
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
