Parallelism

Meaning

Noun

●

The state or

of being

;

in

,

, or character.

●

The

or

;

,

, analogy.

●

A

; the

of

s.

●

In Grammar & Rhetoric:

The

of two or more

or

, especially those

the same

with

,

for

effect.

●

In Philosophy:

The

that

and

do not

but that

in the

or body nonetheless

with

in the

.

●

In Law:

In

law, the

of

of

by

the same amount at

the same time, without

in a

to do so.

●

In Biology:

Similarity of

between two

from their having

their

from a common ancestor.

●

In Computing:

The use of

methods in

or

, so that several

can be

at the same time.

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Origin

parallelism

English

-ism

English

parallel

English

παράλληλος

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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