Parallelism

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Parallelism may refer to:

Angle of parallelism, the angle at one vertex of a right hyperbolic triangle that has two hyperparallel sides
Conscious parallelism, price-fixing between competitors in an oligopoly that occurs without an actual spoken agreement between the parties
Parallel computing, the simultaneous execution of some combination of multiple instances of programmed instructions and data on multiple processors
- In the analysis of PRAM algorithms, the maximum possible speedup of a computation
Parallelism (evolution), the independent emergence of a similar trait in different, but closely related species
Parallel (geometry), for example, the parallelism control in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
Parallelism (grammar), a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses
Parallelism (philosophy), a philosophical concept
Parallelism (rhetoric), the chief rhetorical device of Biblical poetry in Hebrew
Psychophysical parallelism, the theory that the conscious and nervous processes vary concomitantly
Parallel harmony/doubling, or harmonic parallelism, in music

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