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parallelogram
[ par-uh-lel-uh-gram ]
noun
- a quadrilateral having both pairs of opposite sides parallel to each other.
parallelogram
/ păr′ə-lĕl′ə-grăm′ /
- A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel. Rhombuses and rectangles are parallelograms.
Other Words From
- par·al·lel·o·gram·mat·ic [par-, uh, -lel-, uh, -gr, uh, -, mat, -ik], paral·lelo·gram·mati·cal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of parallelogram1
Word History and Origins
Origin of parallelogram1
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Example Sentences
Tinkering around in 2014, he came up with the idea of a boomerang-shaped parallelogram with six hinge points, two at each end and one in the middle.
This church is a parallelogram, without east or west windows or aisles, and is built upon a fine groined crypt.
It is in the shape of a parallelogram, surrounded by a wooden wall pierced with openings through which arrows may be discharged.
Then down the sky, in a whizzing parallelogram, came a band of canvasbacks, with long red heads and necks and gray-white backs.
It has but one door—by no means a wide one—which is at one end of the parallelogram, and but two windows, which are at the other.
Like most Roman cities Aoste was laid out on the rectangular parallelogram plan, an aspect which it still retains.
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