as in similarity
the quality or state of having many qualities in common
the striking parallelism between the two crimes got police to thinking that they were committed by the same mastermind
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These mechanics create parallelism, which is the ability of a quantum system to process multiple states simultaneously.
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Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
AoT plays into the possibility of exploiting parallelism in the hardware.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Fabric processor’s parallelism is another key advantage.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2025
That parallelism also exists in Escobedo’s nubbly façade, which resembles a coarse wool blanket, woven to look at once ancient and modern, organic and geometric.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
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Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
AoT plays into the possibility of exploiting parallelism in the hardware.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Fabric processor’s parallelism is another key advantage.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2025
That parallelism also exists in Escobedo’s nubbly façade, which resembles a coarse wool blanket, woven to look at once ancient and modern, organic and geometric.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for parallelism
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“Parallelism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parallelism. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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