Antiparallel

Meaning

Adj

●

In Biochemistry & Mathematics:

(of

) Parallel but in

directions.

Describing the

of the two

of DNA.

Describing two

a protein's

secondary structure

that are

and

hydrogen bonded

but where the

the

- and carboxy-terminal

of each

are

180°

to one another.

Noun

●

In Geometry:

A

that

with two other

, but in

directions.

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Origin

antiparallel

English

anti-

English

ἀντί

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

parallel

English

παράλληλος

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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