Parallelogram

[,pærə'leləgræm] or ['pærə'lɛlə'græm]

Definition

(noun.) a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length.

Editor: Warren--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles.

Editor: Paula

Definition

n. a plane four-sided figure the opposite sides of which are parallel and equal.—adjs. Parallelogrammat′ic -al Parallelogram′mic -al.

Typed by Carla