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parallelogram

par·al·lel·o·gram

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NOUN:

A four-sided plane figure with opposite sides parallel.

ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin paralllogrammum, from Greek paralllogrammon, from neuter sing. of paralllogrammos, bounded by parallel lines : paralllos, parallel ; see parallel + gramm, line; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots

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