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Adjective: nonparallel
  1. (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging
    "The nonparallel streets eventually intersected at an odd angle"
     
  2. (computing) of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
    "nonparallel processing";
    - serial, in series

See also: asynchronous, oblique

Encyclopedia: Nonparallel