parallelism

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being parallel.

Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.

Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

correspondence concord simile community homology consonance agreement identity parallel balance comparison proportion equality accordance harmony
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Antonyms

difference contrast opposition diversity arguing disagreement
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Hypernyms

similarity

Related terms

parallelistic parallelist

Examples

A further parallelism was effected by turning Ireland into a kingdom and sharing the same episcopal establishment as England, whilst enlarging England by the annexation of Wales. Source: Internet

An example of antithetic parallelism: * The LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Source: Internet

Because early has both adverbial and adjectival senses, its hyphenation can attract attention; some editors, due to comparison with advanced-stage disease and adult-onset disease, like the parallelism of early-stage disease and early-onset disease. Source: Internet

An example of synonymous parallelism: * The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Source: Internet

Architecture The requirements for a fine-grain parallelism language are better met with a dataflow language than a systems language. Source: Internet

As a practical matter, this means that the compiler (software used to create the final programs) becomes far more complex, but the hardware is simpler than in many other means of parallelism. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

parallelisation parallelise parallelised parallelist parallelistic parallelity