Definition of "nonparallel" [nonparallel]

• Not parallel (adjective)

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• "They are not combed and are rendered nonparallel so they will spin into fuzzier yarns than worsted yarns."
• "Over and over we hear in voiceover or see in graphic display the "three principles," which are maddeningly, even defiantly, nonparallel: "respect for the individual, exceeding customers 'expectations, strive for excellence.""
• "Often the earth 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."