nonplanar
adjective
non·pla·nar
ˌnän-ˈplā-nər 
-ˌnär
: not planar : not lying or able to be confined within a single plane : having a three-dimensional quality
… there is no way of redrawing this circuit so that none of the elements cross. This, therefore, is an example of a nonplanar circuit.—
Leonard S. Bobrow
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Another dozen or so in nonplanar orbits could make the reported trend disappear.
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Shannon Stirone, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2018
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“Nonplanar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonplanar. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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