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parallelism

/ˈpaɹəlɛlɪz(ə)m/

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noun

Paralelismo

The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.

Examples :

"The clear parallelism between the twins' personalities was striking; they both loved to read, enjoyed similar activities, and even dressed alike. "

El claro paralelismo entre las personalidades de los gemelos era sorprendente; a ambos les encantaba leer, disfrutaban de actividades similares e incluso se vestían de manera parecida.

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Paralelismo, semejanza, correspondencia

The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.

Examples :

"The parallelism between the two sisters' lives was striking; both became doctors and moved to different countries to practice medicine. "

El paralelismo entre las vidas de las dos hermanas era sorprendente; ambas se hicieron médicas y se mudaron a diferentes países para ejercer la medicina.

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Paralelismo

A parallel position; the relation of parallels.

Examples :

"The architect emphasized the parallelism of the building's two wings, creating a sense of balance and harmony. "

El arquitecto enfatizó el paralelismo de las dos alas del edificio, creando una sensación de equilibrio y armonía.

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Paralelismo

(grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.

Examples :

"The teacher pointed out the parallelism in my essay, noting how I repeated similar sentence structures to emphasize the importance of studying hard and practicing regularly. "

El profesor señaló el paralelismo en mi ensayo, observando cómo repetí estructuras de oraciones similares para enfatizar la importancia de estudiar mucho y practicar regularmente.

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Paralelismo

The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.

Examples :

"The philosophical idea of parallelism suggests that when you feel happy after receiving good news, your mental feeling of happiness and the physical changes in your brain happen together, but one doesn't cause the other. "

La idea filosófica del paralelismo sugiere que cuando te sientes feliz después de recibir buenas noticias, tu sentimiento mental de felicidad y los cambios físicos en tu cerebro ocurren juntos, pero uno no causa el otro.

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Paralelismo de precios

In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.

Examples :

"The sudden parallelism in gas station prices across town made some suspect that the stations were raising prices together without a real agreement. "

El repentino paralelismo de precios en las gasolineras de la ciudad hizo sospechar a algunos que las estaciones estaban subiendo los precios juntas sin un acuerdo real.

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Paralelismo, evolución paralela

Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.

Examples :

"The similar body shapes of sharks and dolphins, though they evolved from different ancestors, are a striking example of evolutionary parallelism. "

Las formas corporales similares de los tiburones y los delfines, aunque evolucionaron de diferentes ancestros, son un ejemplo sorprendente de paralelismo evolutivo.

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Paralelismo

The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.

Examples :

"The computer's speed increased significantly after they introduced parallelism, allowing it to run multiple programs at once. "

La velocidad de la computadora aumentó significativamente después de que introdujeron el paralelismo, lo que le permitió ejecutar múltiples programas a la vez.

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