parallelogram

[ par-uh-lel-uh-gram ]

/ ˌpær əˈlɛl əˌgræm /

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noun

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

Origin of parallelogram

1560–70; <Late Latin parallēlogrammum<Greek parallēlógrammon.See parallel, -o-, -gram¹

OTHER WORDS FROM parallelogram

par·al·lel·o·gram·mat·ic

[par-uh-lel-uh-gruh-mat-ik], /ˌpær əˌlɛl ə grəˈmæt ɪk/, par·al·lel·o·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby parallelogram

parallelistic, parallelize, parallel motion, parallel of altitude, parallel of latitude, parallelogram, parallelogram law, parallelogram rule, parallel play, parallel port, parallel postulate

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Example sentences from the Web for parallelogram

Forces acting in the direction of lines forming an obtuse angle, will also produce motion in the diagonal of a parallelogram.
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained|Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones
The town was a small one, and the fort one of the ordinary native forts, built in a parallelogram with flanking towers.
With Clive in India|G. A. Henty
The plan was a parallelogram in shape except at the west end where the officers' houses formed a semicircle.
Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army|Augustus Meyers
The cantonment was in the form of a parallelogram, with the Bimaru heights running along, and protecting, the northern side.
Forty-one years in India|Frederick Sleigh Roberts

The form was frequently that of a square or a parallelogram, with sides forty or fifty feet long.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead|James George Frazer

British Dictionary definitions for parallelogram

parallelogram

/ (ˌpærəˈlɛləˌɡræm) /

noun

a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal in lengthSee also rhombus, rectangle, trapezium, trapezoid

Word Origin for parallelogram

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

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Scientific definitions for parallelogram

parallelogram

[ păr′ə-lĕl′ə-grăm′ ]

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

单词	parallelogram
释义	parallelogram [ par-uh-lel-uh-gram ] / ˌpær əˈlɛl əˌgræm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR parallelogram ON THESAURUS.COM noun a quadrilateral having both pairs of opposite sides parallel to each other. Origin of parallelogram 1560–70; <Late Latin parallēlogrammum<Greek parallēlógrammon.See parallel, -o-, -gram¹ OTHER WORDS FROM parallelogram par·al·lel·o·gram·mat·ic [par-uh-lel-uh-gruh-mat-ik], /ˌpær əˌlɛl ə grəˈmæt ɪk/, par·al·lel·o·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective Words nearby parallelogram parallelistic, parallelize, parallel motion, parallel of altitude, parallel of latitude, parallelogram, parallelogram law, parallelogram rule, parallel play, parallel port, parallel postulate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for parallelogram Forces acting in the direction of lines forming an obtuse angle, will also produce motion in the diagonal of a parallelogram. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained\|Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones The town was a small one, and the fort one of the ordinary native forts, built in a parallelogram with flanking towers. With Clive in India\|G. A. Henty The plan was a parallelogram in shape except at the west end where the officers' houses formed a semicircle. Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army\|Augustus Meyers The cantonment was in the form of a parallelogram, with the Bimaru heights running along, and protecting, the northern side. Forty-one years in India\|Frederick Sleigh Roberts The form was frequently that of a square or a parallelogram, with sides forty or fifty feet long. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead\|James George Frazer British Dictionary definitions for parallelogram parallelogram / (ˌpærəˈlɛləˌɡræm) / noun a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal in lengthSee also rhombus, rectangle, trapezium, trapezoid Word Origin for parallelogram C16: via French from Late Latin, from Greek parallēlogrammon, from parallēlos parallel + grammē line, related to graphein to write Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to parallelogram square, rectangle, quadrilateral, rhombus, plane, figure, oblong Scientific definitions for parallelogram parallelogram [ păr′ə-lĕl′ə-grăm′ ] A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel. Rhombuses and rectangles are parallelograms. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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parallelogram

noun

Origin of parallelogram

OTHER WORDS FROM parallelogram

Words nearby parallelogram

Example sentences from the Web for parallelogram

British Dictionary definitions for parallelogram

noun

Word Origin for parallelogram

Words related to parallelogram

Scientific definitions for parallelogram