Parallelism vs. Repetition
Parallelismnoun
The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
Parallelismnoun
The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
Parallelismnoun
A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
Parallelismnoun
The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
Parallelismnoun
(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.
Parallelismnoun
(legal) 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.
Parallelismnoun
(biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
Parallelismnoun
(computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
Parallelismnoun
The quality or state of being parallel.
Parallelismnoun
Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.
Parallelismnoun
Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: -At her feet he bowed, he fell:Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
Parallelismnoun
similarity by virtue of correspondence
Repetitionnoun
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
Repetitionnoun
(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
Repetitionverb
To petition again.
Repetitionnoun
The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
Repetitionnoun
Recital from memory; rehearsal.
Repetitionnoun
The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
Repetitionnoun
Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
Repetitionnoun
The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Repetitionnoun
an event that repeats;
Repetitionnoun
the act of doing or performing again
Repetitionnoun
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
