parallelism

/หˆpaษนษ™lษ›lษชz(ษ™)m/

IPA: /P EH1 R AH0 L EH0 L IH0 Z AH0 M/

noun
  1. 1

    The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.

  2. 2

    The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.

  3. 3

    A parallel position; the relation of parallels.

  4. 4

    (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.

  5. 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.

  6. 6

    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.

  7. 7

    Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.

  8. 8

    The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parallelism