parallelogram

par·al·lel·o·gram

(păr′ə-lĕl′ə-grăm′)

A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel.

[Late Latin parallēlogrammum, from Greek parallēlogrammon, from neuter sing. of parallēlogrammos, bounded by parallel lines : parallēlos, parallel; see parallel + grammē, line; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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parallelogram

(ˌpærəˈlɛləˌɡræm)

(Mathematics) a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal in length. See also rhombus, rectangle, trapezium, trapezoid

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

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par•al•lel•o•gram

(ˌpær əˈlɛl əˌgræm)

n.

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

[1560–70; < Late Latin parallēlogrammum < Greek parallēlógrammon]

parallelogram

par·al·lel·o·gram

(păr′ə-lĕl′ə-grăm′)

A four-sided plane geometric figure in which each pair of opposite sides is parallel.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

parallelogram - a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length

quadrangle, quadrilateral, tetragon - a four-sided polygon

rhomb, rhombus, diamond - a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

rhomboid - a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal

rectangle - a parallelogram with four right angles

trapezium - a quadrilateral with no parallel sides

Translations

مُتوازي الأضْلاع

rovnoběžník

parallelogram

Parallelogramm

paralelogramo

suunnikas

parallélogramme

parallelogramma

samsíîungur

parallelogramma parallelogrammo

parallellogram

równoległobok

параллелограмм

rovnobežník

parallellogram

paralelkenar

平行四边形

parallelogram

[ˌpærəˈleləʊgræm] N → paralelogramo m

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parallelogram

[ˌpærəˈlɛləgræm] n → parallélogramme mparallel processing n → traitement m en parallèle

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parallelogram

n → Parallelogramm nt

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parallelogram

[ˌpærəˈlɛləʊˌgræm] n → parallelogramma m

paraˈllelogram

(-əgrӕm) noun

a four-sided figure with opposite sides equal and parallel.

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If many simultaneously and variously directed forces act on a given body, the direction of its motion cannot coincide with any one of those forces, but will always be a mean- what in mechanics is represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram of forces.

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This you do at present with perfect confidence, because everyone knows to an inch or two the area occupied by an adult Triangle: but imagine that your Tradesman drags behind his regular and respectable vertex, a parallelogram of twelve or thirteen inches in diagonal: -- what are you to do with such a monster sticking fast in your house door?

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On the sides of this triangle had recently been constructed a parallelogram of considerable size, which encroached upon the street remorselessly, according to the familiar uses of the building of that period.

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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.

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The two extremities of this gigantic parallelogram were occupied, the one by the famous marble table, so long, so broad, and so thick that, as the ancient land rolls--in a style that would have given Gargantua an appetite--say, "such a slice of marble as was never beheld in the world"; the other by the chapel where Louis XI.

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The servants cut our bread into cones, cylinders, parallelograms, and several other mathematical figures.

If they would, for example, praise the beauty of a woman, or any other animal, they describe it by rhombs, circles, parallelograms, ellipses, and other geometrical terms, or by words of art drawn from music, needless here to repeat.

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'Tis true that its height was made up of three Venetian plates of glass, placed one above another, and its breadth of three similar parallelograms in juxtaposition."

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In a comprehensive study of classroom instruction in the Chicago public schools, Julia Smith, BetsAnn Smith, and Anthony Bryk observed students in all those grades being presented with introductory lessons on the parallelogram. The same pattern of repeated instruction showed up in language arts classrooms.

When Nothing Is New

"Mother Goose & Grimm" creator and Dayton (Ohio) Daily News editorial cartoonist Mike Peters of Tribune Media Services riffed on the circular shape of Keane's panel by displaying drawings such as "The Family Parallelogram" and "The Family Isosceles Triangle."

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The shape is that of a parallelogram, which is both practical and positively fitting considering the high tech features of the little light.

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