Antiparallel
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA 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.
Parallel
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: Equally distant from one another at all points.parallel to: Of one thing, relative to another: Equally distant from at all points.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: With a parallel relationship
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One of a set of parallel lines.A line of latitude.An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To construct something parallel to something else.Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.To compare or liken something to something else.
Example sentence: Mushy novels, pretty pictures, pretty sculpture, decorations on the wall, nice parallel lines - make me sick.