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Parallelism may refer to:

• Angle of parallelism, in hyperbolic geometry, the angle at one vertex of a right hyperbolic triangle that has two hyperparallel sides
• Axial parallelism, a type of motion characteristic of a gyroscope and astronomical bodies
• Conscious parallelism or also tacit parallelism, price-fixing between competitors that occurs without any communication between the parties
• Parallel computing, the simultaneous execution on multiple processors of different parts of a program
  • In the analysis of parallel algorithms, the maximum possible speedup of a computation
• Parallel evolution, the independent emergence of a similar trait in different unrelated species
• Parallel (geometry), the property of parallel lines
• Parallelism (grammar), a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses
• Parallelism (rhetoric), the use of similar ideas or phrases for rhetorical effect
• Psychophysical parallelism, the theory that the conscious and nervous processes vary concomitantly
• Parallel harmony/doubling, or harmonic parallelism, in music

See also

• Parallel (disambiguation)

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