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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   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. not-comparable

   "Two hyperparallel lines have one and only one common perpendicular."

Example

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"Two hyperparallel lines have one and only one common perpendicular."

Etymology

From hyper- + parallel.

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