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English

Noun

  1. The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
  2. Agreement or similarity; resemblance; correspondence; analogy; likeness.
  3. A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
  4. The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
  5. 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.


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References

  • Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Parallelism" by J. J. Rolbiecki, p. 225.


fa:parallelism io:parallelism ta:parallelism te:parallelism vi:parallelism tr:parallelism zh:parallelism

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parallelism \Par"al*lel*ism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to place side by
side, or parallel: cf. F. parall['e]lisme.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality or state of being parallel.
[1913 Webster]

2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
[1913 Webster]

A close parallelism of thought and incident. --T.
Warton.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet parallelism
n : similarity by virtue of correspondence [syn: correspondence]
Moby Dictionary
accompaniment , accord , accordance , affinity , agreement , alikeness ,
allegory , alliance , analogy , aping , approach , approximation ,
assent , assimilation , balance , balancing , bilateral symmetry ,
chorus , closeness , co-occurrence , coequality , coextension ,
coherence , coincidence , community , comparability ,
comparative anatomy , comparative degree , comparative grammar ,
comparative judgment , comparative linguistics ,
comparative literature , comparative method , compare , comparing ,
comparison , compatibility , concert , concomitance , concomitancy ,
concord , concordance , concurrence , conformance , conformation ,
conformity , confrontation , confrontment , congeniality , congruence ,
congruency , congruity , consistency , consonance , consort , contrast ,
contrastiveness , cooperation , copying , correlation , correspondence ,
distinction , distinctiveness , dynamic symmetry , equality , equation ,
equilibrium , equipoise , equipollence , equiponderance , equity ,
equivalence , equivalency , eurythmics , eurythmy , evenness , finish ,
harmony , identity , imitation , intersection , justice , keeping ,
levelness , likeness , likening , matching , metaphor , mimicking ,
multilateral symmetry , nearness , oneness , opposing , opposition ,
overlap , par , parity , peace , poise , polarity , proportion ,
proportionality , rapport , regularity , relation , resemblance ,
sameness , self-consistency , semblance , shapeliness , similarity ,
simile , similitude , simulation , simultaneity , symmetricalness ,
symmetry , sync , synchronism , tally , timing , togetherness ,
trilateral symmetry , trope of comparison , uniformity , union ,
unison , unisonance , weighing , withness


FOLDOC parallelism

1. parallel processing.

2. The maximum number of independent subtasks in a
given task at a given point in its execution. E.g. in
computing the expression

(a + b) *

(c + d) the expressions a, b, c and d can all be calculated in
parallel giving a degree of parallelism of (at least) four.
Once they have been evaluated then the expressions a + b and c
+ d can be calculated as two independent parallel processes.

The Bernstein condition states that processes P and Q can be
executed in parallel (or in either sequential order) only if:

(i) there is no overlap between the inputs of P and the
outputs of Q and vice versa and

(ii) there is no overlap between the outputs of P, the outputs
of Q and the inputs of any other task.

If process P outputs value v which process Q reads then P must
be executed before Q. If both processes write to some
variable then its final value will depend on their execution
order so they cannot be executed in parallel if any other
process depends on that variable's value.

(1995-05-07)


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