Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Paralation
     
        PARALlel reLATION.  Sabot, MIT 1987.  A framework for parallel
        programming.  A "field" is an array of objects, placed at
        different sites.  A paralation is a group of fields, defining
        nearness between field elements.  Operations can be performed
        in parallel on every site of a paralation.
     
        ["The Paralation Model: Architecture Independent Programming",
        G.W. Sabot , MIT Press 1988].