parallelism
/ˈpærəˌlɛlɪzəm/
noun
- The state of being parallel or of moving in the same direction without meeting.
- The parallelism of the two train tracks ensures they never cross.
- In the design, the parallelism of the lines creates a sense of order.
- Engineers checked the parallelism of the beams before construction.
- The use of similar grammatical structures in writing or speech to create rhythm and balance.
- The sentence 'I came, I saw, I conquered' is a famous example of parallelism.
- Good writers use parallelism to make their ideas easier to follow.
- The teacher asked students to revise their essays for parallelism in lists.
- A similarity or correspondence between two things.
- Scientists noted a parallelism in the behavior of the two species.
- The parallelism in their career paths surprised everyone.
- There is a clear parallelism between the two historical events.
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