parallelism

  • 11parallelism — 1. The state of being structurally parallel. 2. In psychology, the mind body doctrine that for every conscious process there is a corresponding or parallel organic process, without asserting a causal interrelation between the two. [para + G.… …

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  • 12parallelism — par|al|lel|is|m [ˈpærəlelızəm] n [singular, U] written the state of being ↑parallel with something ▪ There is a parallelism between fatigue and the ability to sleep …

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  • 13parallelism — [1] The same thickness of brake discs all the way around. The relationship between one friction surface of a brake disc and the other. [2] See axle parallelism …

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  • 14parallelism — parallel ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them. 2) occurring or existing at the same time or in a similar way; corresponding: a parallel universe. 3) Computing involving …

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  • 15Parallelism (rhetoric) — Parallelism means to give two or more parts of the sentences a similar form so as to give the whole a definite pattern.Parallelisms of various sorts are the chief rhetorical device of Biblical poetry in Hebrew. [CathEncy|wstitle=Parallelism] In… …

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  • 16Parallelism, Psycho-Physical — • A doctrine which states that the relation between mental processes, on the one hand, and physical, physiological, or cerebral processes on the other, is one merely of invariable concomitance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 17Parallelism (grammar) — In grammar, parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses. The application of parallelism in sentence construction improves writing style and readability. Parallelism may also be known as parallel structure or… …

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  • 18Parallelism (philosophy) — In parallelism, mental events and physical events are perfectly coordinated by God; so that when a mental event such as Sally s decision to walk across the room occurs, simultaneously Sally s body heads across the room, in the absence of a direct …

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  • 19parallelism error — lygiagretumo paklaida statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. parallelism error vok. Parallelitätsfehler, m rus. погрешность параллельности, m pranc. erreur de parallélisme, f …

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  • 20parallelism — noun Date: 1610 1. the quality or state of being parallel 2. resemblance, correspondence 3. repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect 4. a theory that mind and matter accompany one another but are not causally related 5.… …

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