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nonparallel
(ˌnɒnˈpærəˌlɛl)adj
not parallel
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Adj. | 1. | nonparallel - of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures asynchronous - not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase |
2. | nonparallel - (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" |
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