Usually means: Similarities or correspondences in structure.
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  1. parallelisms: Merriam-Webster
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  3. parallelisms: Wordnik
  4. parallelisms: Wiktionary
  5. parallelisms: Dictionary.com
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  1. parallelisms: Legal dictionary

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  1. parallelisms: Encyclopedia

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  1. parallelisms: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. parallelisms: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parallelism)

noun:  The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
noun:  The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
noun:  A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
noun:  (rhetoric, 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.
noun:  (philosophy) 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.
noun:  (law) 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.
noun:  (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
noun:  (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
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