nonintersecting

1. 1.

   (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing

   Synonymsnonconvergent

   Similarparallel

Questions about nonintersecting

What does nonintersecting mean?

nonintersecting means "(of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing".

How many syllables are in nonintersecting?

nonintersecting has 5 syllables: no-nin-ter-sec-ting. The stress falls on "ter".

What is another word for nonintersecting?

Close synonyms include nonconvergent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nonintersecting a common word?

nonintersecting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.