parallel slalom
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- PS (abbreviation)
Hypernyms edit
(discipline):
Coordinate terms edit
- 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 edit
- PS (abbreviation)