Word: parallelism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: par
al
lel
ism
Definition: The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
Morphemes:
Affix: parallel
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: parallelus
Language: la
Decoded: parallelus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: parallel
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.