parallelogram

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Alternative forms

• parallelogramme

Noun

A parallelogram.

parallelogram (plural parallelograms)

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

Hypernyms

• (geometry): quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon, polygon

Hyponyms

• (geometry): rectangle, rhombus, square

Translations

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

Armenian: զուգահեռագիծ (hy) (zugaheṙagiç) Czech: rovnoběžník (cs) m. Dutch: parallellogram (nl) m. Finnish: suunnikas (fi) French: parallélogramme (fr) m. German: Parallelogramm (de) n. Greek: παραλληλόγραμμο (el) (parallilógrammo) n. Hebrew: מקבילית (he) (makbilít) f. Indonesian: jajar genjang (id)

Italian: parallelogramma (it) m. Japanese: 平行四辺形 (heikōshihenkei) Manx: coheeyntane (gv) m. Polish: równoległobok (pl) m. Russian: параллелограмм (ru) m. Spanish: paralelogramo (es) m. Swahili: msambamba (sw) Swedish: parallellogram (sv) c.

Derived terms

• parallelogram of forces