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'''Parallel Coordinates''' plots are a common method of visualizing [[multivariate data|high-dimensional datasets]] to analyze data with multiple variables, or attributes.

To plot, or visualize, a set of [[point (geometry)|points]] in [[n-dimensional space|''n''-dimensional space]], ''n'' [[parallel (geometry)|parallel]] axes lines are drawn over the background representing axes, typically vertically oriented andvertically with equallyequal spacedspacing. A pointPoints in ''n''-dimensional space isare represented as a singleindividual [[polyline]]s with ''n'' [[vertex (geometry)|vertices]] placed on the parallel axes; vertices correspond to each [[coordinate]] of the ''n''-dimensional point, and ''n-1'' connecting polyline segments connect vertices.

This visualization is similar to [[time series]] visualization, except that Parallel Coordinates are applied to data which do not correspond with chronological time. Therefore, different axes arrangements can be of interest, including translating axes horizontally, or inverting.