Antiparallel Definition
ăntē-părə-lĕl, ăntī-
adjective
Of or relating to two adjacent molecules whose sequences of atoms or other elements run in opposite directions.
Antiparallel strands of DNA.
American Heritage
Designating vectors that are parallel but opposite in direction.
Webster's New World
Relating to two adjacent molecules whose sequences of atoms or other elements run in opposite directions.
Antiparallel strands of DNA.
American Heritage Medicine
(mathematics) Of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction.
Wiktionary
(biochemistry) Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
Wiktionary
noun
Other Word Forms of Antiparallel
Noun
Singular:
antiparallel
Plural:
antiparallelsOrigin of Antiparallel
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anti- + parallel
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