Associations to the word «Antiparallel»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ANTIPARALLEL, adjective. (mathematics) of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction
ANTIPARALLEL, adjective. (biochemistry) describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA
ANTIPARALLEL, adjective. (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.
ANTIPARALLEL, noun. (geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.
Dictionary definition
ANTIPARALLEL, adjective. (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed; "antiparallel vectors".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.