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antiparallel

adj

Etymology

From anti- + parallel.

  1. borrowed from parallēlus,parallēlos
  2. borrowed from parallèle
  3. formed as antiparallel — “anti- + parallel”

Definitions

  1. (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.

  2. A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antiparallel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA