ALL meanings of antiparallel
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A a - adjective antiparallel parallel but pointing in the opposite direction 3
- adjective antiparallel (of vectors) parallel but having opposite directions 3
- adjective antiparallel designating vectors that are parallel but opposite in direction 3
- noun antiparallel Parallel but moving or oriented in opposite directions. 1
- adjective antiparallel (of two vectors) pointing in opposite directions. 1
- noun antiparallel (geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions. 0
- adjective antiparallel (mathematics) of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction. 0
- adjective antiparallel (biochemistry) describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA. 0
- adjective antiparallel (biochemistry) describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but the vector describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another. 0