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S vs Antiparallel - What's the difference?

s | antiparallel |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective antiparallel is

(mathematics) of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction.

As a noun antiparallel is

(geometry) a line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    antiparallel

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction
  • (biochemistry) describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA
  • (biochemistry) describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but the vector describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.
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