antiparallel
English
Etymology
anti- + parallel
Adjective
antiparallel (not comparable)
- (mathematics) of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction
- (biochemistry) describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA
- (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.
Translations
parallel of opposite direction
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Noun
antiparallel (plural antiparallels)
- (geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.
German
Etymology
anti- + parallel
Adjective
antiparallel (not comparable)
- antiparallel
Declension
Declension of antiparallel
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist antiparallel | sie ist antiparallel | es ist antiparallel | sie sind antiparallel | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | antiparalleler | antiparallele | antiparalleles | antiparallele |
| genitive | antiparallelen | antiparalleler | antiparallelen | antiparalleler | |
| dative | antiparallelem | antiparalleler | antiparallelem | antiparallelen | |
| accusative | antiparallelen | antiparallele | antiparalleles | antiparallele | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der antiparallele | die antiparallele | das antiparallele | die antiparallelen |
| genitive | des antiparallelen | der antiparallelen | des antiparallelen | der antiparallelen | |
| dative | dem antiparallelen | der antiparallelen | dem antiparallelen | den antiparallelen | |
| accusative | den antiparallelen | die antiparallele | das antiparallele | die antiparallelen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein antiparalleler | eine antiparallele | ein antiparalleles | (keine) antiparallelen |
| genitive | eines antiparallelen | einer antiparallelen | eines antiparallelen | (keiner) antiparallelen | |
| dative | einem antiparallelen | einer antiparallelen | einem antiparallelen | (keinen) antiparallelen | |
| accusative | einen antiparallelen | eine antiparallele | ein antiparalleles | (keine) antiparallelen | |
Further reading
- antiparallel in Duden online