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.

Origin of parallelogram

1560–70; < Late Latin parallēlogrammum < Greek parallēlógrammon. See parallel, -o-, -gram1

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, adjective

Words nearby parallelogram

paralleling, parallelism, parallelist, parallelistic, parallelize, parallelogram, parallelogram law, parallelogram rule, parallergic, paralogia, paralogism

Words related to parallelogram

square, rectangle, quadrilateral, rhombus, plane, figure, oblong

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British Dictionary definitions for parallelogram

parallelogram
/ (ˌpærəˈlɛləˌɡræm) /

noun

a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal in length See also rhombus, rectangle, trapezium, trapezoid

Word Origin for parallelogram

C16: via French from Late Latin, from Greek parallēlogrammon, from parallēlos parallel + grammē line, related to graphein to write

Scientific definitions for parallelogram

parallelogram
[ păr′ə-lĕl′ə-grăm′ ]

A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel. Rhombuses and rectangles are parallelograms.