parallel line
Never-meeting counterpart path
Parallel lines are lines in the same plane that never intersect, maintaining equal distance from each other at every point.
The concept is fundamental to geometry: The rails of a train track are parallel lines.
In everyday use, parallel often describes things running alongside each other without meeting: parallel lines of thought, parallel careers.
- perpendicularAt right angles
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- rulerOne who governs
- ruled paperStationery with horizontal guides
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
straight · converging · tracks · train tracks · horizon · railway · parking lot · equidistant · meridian · latitude · never meet · side by side · Euclid · plane · infinite · drawn · compass · grid
- linesdotted, dashed, curved, straight, wavy
- reference pointsdatum, data point, benchmark, reference point, anchor point
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, volume
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