"antiparallel" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: anti- + parallel Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|parallel}} anti- + parallel Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antiparallel (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.
    (biochemistry) Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-antiparallel-en-adj-734P6yr- Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, mathematics, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (mathematics) (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.
    (biochemistry) Describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but where the vectors describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-antiparallel-en-adj-cCP8RR8B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 57 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 33 46 21 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, mathematics, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (parallel of opposite direction): antiparal·lel (Catalan), antiparallel (Dutch), vastakkaissuuntainen (Finnish), antiparallèle (French), antiparallel (German), antiparallelo (Italian), antiparalelo (Portuguese), antiparalelo (Spanish), antiparallell (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'parallel of opposite direction': 50 50

Noun

Forms: antiparallels [plural]
Etymology: anti- + parallel Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|parallel}} anti- + parallel Head templates: {{en-noun}} antiparallel (plural antiparallels)
  1. (geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-antiparallel-en-noun-kOTf24vH Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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