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noncollinear

adjective

non·​col·​lin·​ear ˌnän-kə-ˈli-nē-ər -kä- : not collinear: a : not lying or acting in the same straight line noncollinear forces b : not having a straight line in common noncollinear planes

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First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler The first known use of noncollinear was in 1888 See more words from the same year

Rhymes for noncollinear

• bilinear
• collinear
• nonlinear
• nonnuclear
• overseer
• curvilinear
• interlinear
• rectilinear
• dier
• freer
• heer
• skier

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