parallelism

[ par-uh-le-liz-uhm, -luh-liz- ]

noun

1. the position or relation of parallels.
2. agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.
3. a parallel or comparison.
4. Metaphysics. the doctrine that mental and bodily processes are concomitant, each varying with variation of the other, but that there is no causal relation of interaction between the two.

parallelism

/ ˈpærəlɛˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. the state of being parallel
2. grammar the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect
3. philosophy the dualistic doctrine that mental and physical processes are regularly correlated but are not causally connected, so that, for example, pain always accompanies, but is not caused by, a pin-prick Compare interactionism occasionalism

Derived Forms

• ˈparalˌlelist, nounadjective

Other Words From

• non·paral·lelism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of parallelism¹

First recorded in 1600–10; parallel + -ism

Example Sentences

But recorded Streisand blithely ignores the parallelism.

From New York Times

With ultimate parallelism at its core, this technology could dramatically expand the capabilities of AI systems, enabling them to handle complex tasks with lightning speed and exceptional accuracy, Bae said.

From Science Daily

This "higher-dimensional" processing is enabled by exploiting multiple different radio frequencies to encode the data, propelling parallelism to a level far beyond that previously achieved.

From Science Daily

The team anticipates further enhancement in computing parallelism in the future, by exploiting more degrees of freedom of light, such as polarization and mode multiplexing.

From Science Daily

First author Dr Bowei Dong at the Department of Materials, University of Oxford said: 'We previously assumed that using light instead of electronics could increase parallelism only by the use of different wavelengths -- but then we realised that using radio frequencies to represent data opens up yet another dimension, enabling superfast parallel processing for emerging AI hardware.'

From Science Daily