Parallelism

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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
  • 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 chief rhetorical device of Biblical poetry in Hebrew
  • Parallelsim (laboratory test), the relationship between the concentration of an analyte in a sample and the signal produced by the reference standard

standard of the laboratory test used to measure that analyte

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