Word Meanings - PARALLELISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The quality or state of being parallel. 2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity. A close parallelism of thought and incident. T. Warton. 3. Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing
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1. The quality or state of being parallel. 2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity. A close parallelism of thought and incident. T. Warton. 3. 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.
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- COEXTENSION
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. - EQUALITY
Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under - COMMENSURATENESS
The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. - PARALLELISM
1. The quality or state of being parallel. 2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity. A close parallelism of thought and incident. T. Warton. 3. Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing - INEQUALITY
An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; - COEQUALITY
The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.