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subparallel

subparallel adjective: almost parallel, but diverging or converging slightly.

Adjective

subparallel (comparative more subparallel, superlative most subparallel)

  1. Almost parallel, but diverging or converging slightly.
    • Hind wings crossed by four parallel, nearly straight series of slender interrupted fleckings, subparallel to the outer margin […]1889, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada

Forms of subparallel

comparativemore subparallel
superlativemost subparallel

Origin of subparallel

From sub- + parallel.

Words formed from subparallel

Questions about subparallel

What does subparallel mean?
Subparallel means almost parallel, but diverging or converging slightly.
What part of speech is subparallel?
Subparallel is an adjective.

Words near subparallel in the dictionary

  1. subparafascicular
  2. subparagraph
  3. subparagraphed
  4. subparagraphing
  5. subparagraphs
  6. subparallel
  7. subparallelly
  8. subparameter
  9. subparameters
  10. subparaplectenchymatous
  11. subparas.

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