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Resemblance; correspondence; similarity. A close parallelism of thought and incident. T. Warton.

(Geol.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact.

Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. Correlation of energy, the relation to one another of different forms of energy; -- usua…

Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.

The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.

of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.

Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism. The antithetic or parallelistic form of Hebrew poetry is entirely lost. Milman.

In a parallel manner; with parallelism. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.

Want of parallelism between strata in contact.