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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.
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Origin of parallelogram
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, adjectiveWords nearby parallelogram
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British Dictionary definitions for parallelogram
parallelogram
/ (ˌpærəˈlɛləˌɡræm) /
noun
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.
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