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parallelogram

[ par-uh-lel-uh-gram ]

noun

  1. a quadrilateral having both pairs of opposite sides parallel to each other.


parallelogram

/ ˌpærəˈlɛləˌɡræm /

noun

  1. a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal in length See also rhombus rectangle trapezium trapezoid
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parallelogram

/ păr′ə-lĕlə-grăm′ /

  1. A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel. Rhombuses and rectangles are parallelograms.


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  • par·al·lel·o·gram·mat·ic [par-, uh, -lel-, uh, -gr, uh, -, mat, -ik], paral·lelo·gram·mati·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parallelogram1

First recorded in 1560–70; from Late Latin parallēlogrammum, from Greek parallēlógrammon; equivalent to parallel + -o- + -gram 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parallelogram1

C16: via French from Late Latin, from Greek parallēlogrammon, from parallēlos parallel + grammē line, related to graphein to write
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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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