"antiparallel" meaning in English

See antiparallel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Etymology: From 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.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiparallelly, nonantiparallel 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

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Etymology: From 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

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}

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