[par-uh-lel-uh-gram] 
| a quadrilateral having both pairs of opposite sides parallel to each other. |
par·al·lel·o·gram (pār'ə-lěl'ə-grām')  (click for larger image in new window) n. A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel. [Late Latin parallēlogrammum, from Greek parallēlogrammon, from neuter sing. of parallēlogrammos, bounded by parallel lines : parallēlos, parallel; see parallel + grammē, line; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.] |
| parallelogram (pār'ə-lěl'ə-grām') Pronunciation Key
A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel. Rhombuses and rectangles are parallelograms. |
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