parallelogram
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of parallelogram
First recorded in 1560–70; from Late Latin parallēlogrammum, from Greek parallēlógrammon; equivalent to parallel + -o- + -gram 1
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Explanation
A parallelogram is a four-sided object that has parallel opposite sides. A square is a parallelogram. If you take the square and tilt it to one side, it’s still a parallelogram as long as its lines remain parallel. A parallelogram is a two-dimensional object that you might have already encountered in geometry class. You can recognize a parallelogram by its parallel opposite sides, and also by its opposite angles that are equal. Adjacent angles on a parallelogram always add up to 180 degrees. If the angles of a parallelogram are 90 degrees, then it’s straight up and down, like a square or a rectangle.
Vocabulary lists containing parallelogram
Geometry - Introductory
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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Geometry - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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We saw in Area of a Parallelogram that the area of this parallelogram is ‖ u × v ‖ .
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
By Area of a Parallelogram, vectors P→M and v form two sides of a parallelogram with area ‖ P→M × v ‖ .
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Her production of Norris' "A Parallelogram" came to the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2013.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2014
And so proceed, as to each card in the Parallelogram, ever naming last the Significance of the Master-Card, until your Parallelogram is all interpreted to the Querist.
From The Square of Sevens An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note by Prime-Stevenson, Edward
Parallelogram, a figure having four sides, the opposite sides of which are parallel, and consequently equal.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
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