subparallel

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adjective

Almost parallel, but diverging or converging slightly.

OriginEnglish parallel ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo →
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Meanings

adjectivesubparallel (comparative more subparallel, superlative most subparallel)

comparative more subparallel · superlative most subparallel

  1. Almost parallel, but diverging or converging slightly.

    Hind wings crossed by four parallel, nearly straight series of slender interrupted fleckings, subparallel to the outer margin […]

    1889, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishparallel
  7. Englishsubparallel

From sub- + parallel.

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APA

subparallel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subparallel

MLA

“subparallel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subparallel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subparallel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subparallel.

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