parallel slalom

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English

Etymology

From parallel +‎ slalom.

Noun

parallel slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.
(countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.

Synonyms

PS (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

(discipline):

Coordinate terms

parallel giant slalom (the equivalent event in alpine snowboarding)
slalom (the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version)
giant slalom (a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with wider turns)
super-G (a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with much wider turns)
downhill, downhill skiing

Derived terms

PS (abbreviation)

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