hyperparallel
hyperparallel adjective: in hyperbolic geometry, lines that do not intersect in a common point in the plane and do not intersect at a common limit point at infinity, but rather, occur outside the limit set by parallel lines which intersect at infinity.
Adjective
hyperparallel (not comparable)
- In hyperbolic geometry, lines that do not intersect in a common point in the plane and do not intersect at a common limit point at infinity, but rather, occur outside the limit set by parallel lines which intersect at infinity.
- Two hyperparallel lines have one and only one common perpendicular.1995, Howard Eves, College Geometry, page 246
- Let l and m be two hyperparallel lines. All the transversals to l and m that form congruent corresponding angles with l and m lie in a pencil.2012, G. E. Martin, The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane, page 357
Origin of hyperparallel
From hyper- + parallel.
Questions about hyperparallel
- What does hyperparallel mean?
- Hyperparallel means in hyperbolic geometry, lines that do not intersect in a common point in the plane and do not intersect at a common limit point at infinity, but rather, occur outside the limit set by parallel lines which intersect at infinity.
- What part of speech is hyperparallel?
- Hyperparallel is an adjective.
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