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What does subparallel mean?

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Adjective
  1. Almost parallel, but diverging or converging slightly
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Examples
Daughter corallites generally diverge at various angles, and subsequently turn vertically and grow subparallel.
Irregular leucosome-leucogranite sheets that are parallel or subparallel to the fabric occur throughout the section.
The main-phase foliation is subparallel to the nappe contact of the Gran Paradiso massif with the overlying Zermatt-Saas zone and defines a broad regional dome structure.
The mylonitic foliation in the hanging wall is subparallel to the thrust plane.
The foliation is generally parallel or subparallel to the axial plane of the host fold, but it can also converge through the fold core.
The locule is rather inflated, and the three wings are membranous, supplied with simple subparallel venation that is craspedodromous to the fimbrial vein.

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