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adjective
nonparallel  adj.  
1.
Not parallel; of lines or linear objects. Opposite of parallel. (Narrower terms: bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted; crossed, decussate, intersectant, intersecting; cross-grained; diagonal; orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled; right, perpendicular; angled; convergent) Also See: convergent, divergent, diverging.
2.
(Computers) Not using parallel processing; of computers. (Narrower terms: serial) PJC)






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... movements to which the uplift or depression was due involved tilting or folding of the earlier strata, so that the strata are now nonparallel as well as unconformable. In Figure 201, for example, the record includes deposition, uplift, and tilting of a; erosion, depression, the deposit of b; and finally the uplift which has brought the rocks to open air and permitted the dissection by which the ...
— The Elements of Geology • William Harmon Norton



Words linked to "Nonparallel" :   asynchronous, computing, computer science, in series, oblique



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