Antiparallel Definition

ăntē-părə-lĕl, ăntī-
adjective
Of or relating to two adjacent molecules whose sequences of atoms or other elements run in opposite directions.
Antiparallel strands of DNA.
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Designating vectors that are parallel but opposite in direction.
Webster's New World
Relating to two adjacent molecules whose sequences of atoms or other elements run in opposite directions.
Antiparallel strands of DNA.
American Heritage Medicine

(mathematics) Of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction.

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(biochemistry) Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.

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noun

(geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.

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Singular:
antiparallel
Plural:
antiparallels

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