Parallelism — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

similarity by virtue of corresponding

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈæɹəlˌɛlɪzəm/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈaɹəlˌɛlɪzəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈaɹəlˌɛlɪzəm/

4 syllables Say it as /pˈæɹəlˌɛlɪzəm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

correspondence

Word Forms

correspondent

adjective

similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Parallelität

Ähnlichkeit aufgrund von Entsprechung

🇫🇷French

parallélisme

similarité en vertu de la correspondance

🇪🇸Spanish

paralelismo

similitud en virtud de correspondiente

🇮🇹Italian

parallelismo

somiglianza in virtù della corrispondenza

🇳🇱Dutch

parallellisme

gelijkenis door overeenkomstigheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

paralelismo

semelhança em virtude da correspondência

🇷🇺Russian

параллелизм

сходство в силу соответствующего

India

🇮🇳Hindi

समानता

अनुरूपता के आधार पर समानता

🇧🇩Bengali

সমান্তরালতা

অনুরূপ গুণাবলী দ্বারা সাদৃশ্য

🇮🇳Tamil

இணைநிலை

ஒத்த தன்மையால் ஒற்றுமை

🇮🇳Telugu

సమాంతరత

సంబంధిత కారణంగా సారూప్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

समांतरता

अनुरूपतेमुळे समानता

🇮🇳Gujarati

સમાનતા

અનુરૂપતાના આધારે સમાનતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಮಾನಾಂತರತೆ

ಅನುಗುಣವಾದ ಗುಣದಿಂದ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സമാന്തരത

അനുബന്ധ ഗുണങ്ങളാൽ സാമ്യം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਮਾਨਤਾ

ਅਨੁਸਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਗੁਣ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਮਾਨਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

متوازی

مماثلت کی وجہ سے مماثلت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

并行性

相似性是由于对应

🇯🇵Japanese

並列処理

対応することによる類似性

🇰🇷Korean

병행

대응에 의한 유사성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự song hành

sự tương đồng nhờ sự tương ứng

🇹🇭Thai

ความเท่าเทียม

ความคล้ายคลึงกันโดยอาศัยความสอดคล้องกัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

paralelisme

kesamaan berdasarkan korespondensi

🇵🇭Filipino

paralelismo

pagkakatulad sa bisa ng katumbas

🇲🇾Malay

keselarian

persamaan berdasarkan padanan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التوازي

التشابه بحكم المقابلة

🇮🇷Persian

موازی سازی

شباهت به موجب مطابقت

🇹🇷Turkish

paralellik

karşılık gelen benzerlik

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַקבִּילוּת

דמיון מכוח המקביל

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