parallelism
| Jump To: |
|
par·al·lel·ism (par′ə lel′iz′əm, -ləl-)
noun
- the state of being parallel
- close resemblance; similarity
- the use of parallel structure in writing
- an instance of this
- Philos. the doctrine that mind and matter function together synchronously but without any causal interaction
Etymology: Gr parallēlismos
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- exploit: Several research groups world-wide aim to advance the methodology of direct silicon implementations in an attempt to exploit the natural parallelism in these networks.
Preposition: in
- code: It is designed to support a large degrees of parallelism in application codes and manage the complexities of the physical system for the user.
Adjective modifier
- psycho-physical: Thus without some solution to the problem of psycho-physical parallelism such interpretative approaches are incomplete.
Modifies a noun
- cannot: Where useful parallelism cannot be found, sequential code is produced.
Noun used with modifier
- quantum: In theory, this quantum parallelism can be utilized for solving problems which are intractable on any classical computer.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
One friend in a lifetime ismuch; two are many; three are hardly possible.Friendship needs a certainparallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Link to this page:
Cite this page:
MLA Style
"parallelism." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009
- Your Dictionary. 5 July 2009
- <www.yourdictionary.com/parallelism>
APA Style
parallelism. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary
- Retrieved July 5th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/parallelism
Browse dictionary definitions near parallelism

Comments:
Please Login or Register to post a comment