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NONPARALLEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonparallel mean?
• NONPARALLEL (adjective)
The adjective NONPARALLEL has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
2. (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging
Familiarity information: NONPARALLEL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
Synonyms:
in series; nonparallel; serial
Context example:
serial processing
Similar:
asynchronous (not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging
Similar:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
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