Meaning & use
noncollinear
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Not lying on the same straight line.
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The three noncollinear points formed the vertices of a triangle.
Engineers checked that the sensors were noncollinear to get accurate triangulation.
A note on using this word
Used mainly in geometry and physics; any three noncollinear points define a unique plane.
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