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parallelism

Syllabification: (par·al·lel·ism)
Pronunciation: /ˈparəlelˌizəm/
Definition of parallelism

noun

  • the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
  • the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc..
  • the use of parallel processing in computer systems.

Derivatives

parallelistic

Pronunciation: /ˌparəlelˈistik/
adjective

parallelism in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of parallelism in the British & World English dictionary
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