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antiparallel

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Adjective

  1. (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions: Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
  2. (of vectors) Parallel but in opposite directions: 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.

Noun

  1. A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.

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