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  2. Parallel (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Because parallel lines in a Euclidean plane are equidistant there is a unique distance between the two parallel lines. Given the equations of two non-vertical, non-horizontal parallel lines, = + = +, the distance between the two lines can be found by locating two points (one on each line) that lie on a common perpendicular to the parallel lines ...

  3. Parallel postulate - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid 's fifth postulate because it is the fifth postulate in Euclid's Elements, is a distinctive axiom in Euclidean geometry. It states that, in two-dimensional geometry: If a line segment intersects two straight lines forming two interior angles on the same side that are less than two right ...

  4. Distance between two parallel lines - Wikipedia

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    Given the equations of two non-vertical parallel lines. the distance between the two lines is the distance between the two intersection points of these lines with the perpendicular line. This distance can be found by first solving the linear systems. and. to get the coordinates of the intersection points.

  5. Skew lines - Wikipedia

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    Skew lines. Rectangular parallelepiped. The line through segment AD and the line through segment B 1 B are skew lines because they are not in the same plane. In three-dimensional geometry, skew lines are two lines that do not intersect and are not parallel. A simple example of a pair of skew lines is the pair of lines through opposite edges of ...

  6. Transversal (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a transversal is a line that passes through two lines in the same plane at two distinct points. Transversals play a role in establishing whether two or more other lines in the Euclidean plane are parallel. The intersections of a transversal with two lines create various types of pairs of angles: consecutive interior angles ...

  7. Line (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    For a convex quadrilateral with at most two parallel sides, the Newton line is the line that connects the midpoints of the two diagonals. [7] For a hexagon with vertices lying on a conic we have the Pascal line and, in the special case where the conic is a pair of lines, we have the Pappus line. Parallel lines are lines in the same plane that ...

  8. Parallel curve - Wikipedia

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    Two definitions of a parallel curve: 1) envelope of a family of congruent circles, 2) by a fixed normal distance. The parallel curves of a circle (red) are circles, too. A parallel of a curve is the envelope of a family of congruent circles centered on the curve. It generalises the concept of parallel (straight) lines.

  9. Parallel coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Parallel Coordinates plots are a common method of visualizing high-dimensional datasets to analyze multivariate data having multiple variables, or attributes. To plot, or visualize, a set of points in n -dimensional space, n parallel lines are drawn over the background representing coordinate axes, typically oriented vertically with equal spacing.