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Parallelogram

PARALLEL'OGRAM, n. [Gr.] 1. In geometry, a right lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel and equal. 2. In common use,this word is applied to quadrilateral figures of more length than brea...

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PARALLEL'OGRAM, n. [Gr.]

1. In geometry, a right lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel and equal.

2. In common use,this word is applied to quadrilateral figures of more length than breadth, and this is its sense in the passage cited by Johnson from Brown.

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