parallelism
noun
, -lə-ˌli-, ˈpa-rə-\
Definition of parallelism
Keep scrolling for more
Synonyms & Antonyms for parallelism
Synonyms
alikeness, community, comparability, correspondence, likeness, resemblance, similarity, similitude
Antonyms
difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness
Visit the Thesaurus for More
Examples of parallelism in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
On the technical side of things, data-center-scale computing generally relies as much or more on massive parallelism as per-thread performance. — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, "Nvidia pushes ARM supercomputing," 17 June 2019 But the machine’s real power comes not through that massive parallelism, but in problems where possible solutions can be encoded in quantum waves that slosh among the qubits. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "How to evaluate computers that don’t quite exist," 26 June 2019 Sunny Cove cores find greater opportunities for parallelism by increasing the cache sizes. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "Surprise! Intel reveals 10nm Sunny Cove CPU cores that go deeper, wider, and faster," 12 Dec. 2018 As clock speeds tended to top out at 4GHz to 5GHz, parallelism—originally in the form of support for more processor threads, and later to more physical cores—kept the processor performance on an upward trajectory. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Intel debuts 9th-generation Core chips, including Core i9 and X-series parts, with a few twists," 8 Oct. 2018 One is parallelism between an early battle which the protagonist loses, and a final fight which the protagonist wins. — Ciara Wardlow, The Hollywood Reporter, "What 'Tomb Raider' Forgets About Origin Stories," 17 Mar. 2018 There are pleasing artistic flourishes like a foreshadowing image of waves overwhelming Tati, and parallelisms elsewhere that endow the movie with a literary feel. — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Rust’: Film Review | Sundance 2018," 23 Jan. 2018 But whether its convergence or parallelism, what sort of environment selects for intelligence? — Eoin O'carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, "Scientists say ravens display foresight, a trait thought unique to apes," 14 July 2017 The stories had a pleasing parallelism to them — the random travel from place to place, the studious tracking of the specimen. — Photographs And Text By Sarah Lyall, New York Times, "Paying a Price for 8 Days of Flying in America," 9 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'parallelism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
More Definitions for parallelism
parallelism
noun
English Language Learners Definition of parallelism
See the full definition for parallelism in the English Language Learners Dictionary
parallelism
noun
\
Medical Definition of parallelism
— called also psychophysical parallelism