Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective not sharing a common point; -- of lines, planes, or surfaces.
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- adjective Not
intersecting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing
Etymologies
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non- + intersecting
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Examples
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In our house, genetics rears its twisty DNA head in the differences between my two boys, who could easily be described in terms of nonintersecting circles in a Venn diagram, the nonintersection being the important part.
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In our house, genetics rears its twisty DNA head in the differences between my two boys, who could easily be described in terms of nonintersecting circles in a Venn diagram, the nonintersection being the important part.
Sugar and Spice 2007
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Use an angled pin as with the cone, but position it so that its axis and the cutting wire are skew lines: nonintersecting lines in different planes.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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