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vastakkaissuuntainen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • antiparallel adj (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.

Senses

vastakkaissuuntainen is used for these senses in English:

  • antiparallel (mathematics) (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.

antiparallel — full definition

  1. adj (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions.
  2. adj Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
  3. adj Describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but where the vectors describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
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