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English

Noun

Image:Parallelogram.svg|thumb|right|A parallelogram. parallelogram ( parallelograms)

  1. A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.


Translations

  • Czech: {{t-|cs|rovnoběžník|m}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|parallellogram|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|parallélogramme|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Parallelogramm|n}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Italian: {{t-|it|parallelogramma|m}}
  • Japanese: 平行四辺形 (heikōshihenkei)
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|paralelogramo|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|parallellogram|c}}

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fr:parallelogram io:parallelogram nl:parallelogram ja:parallelogram pl:parallelogram ta:parallelogram te:parallelogram vi:parallelogram zh:parallelogram

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parallelogram \Par`al*lel"o*gram\, n. [Gr. ?; ? parallel + ? to
write: cf. F. parall['e]logramme. See Parallel, and
-gram.] (Geom.)
A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are
parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in
popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which
is longer than it is broad, and with right angles.
[1913 Webster]

Parallelogram of velocities, parallelogram of forces,
parallelogram of accelerations, parallelogram of momenta,
etc. (Mech.), a parallelogram the diagonal of which
represents the resultant of two velocities, forces,
accelerations, momenta, etc., both in quantity and
direction, when the velocities, forces, accelerations,
momenta, etc., are represented in quantity and direction
by the two adjacent sides of the parallelogram.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet parallelogram
n : a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and
equal in length [ant: trapezium]
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