parallel axiom

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   only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line

   SynonymsEuclid's fifth axiom

   BroaderEuclid's axiom

Questions about parallel axiom

What does parallel axiom mean?

parallel axiom means "only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line".

What is another word for parallel axiom?

Close synonyms include Euclid's fifth axiom. 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 parallel axiom a common word?

parallel axiom 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.