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What is a parallelogram?

What is a parallelogram? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geometry) A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.
  2. (Gaelic games, dated) either of two rectangular areas (respectively the large parallelogram and the small parallelogram) abutting the goal line in front of the goal. (Since 1986 officially named the large rectangle and small rectangle, though the older names are still occasionally used.)
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The drag tine harrow is mounted on the seed drill by means of a parallelogram frame.
This caused a deflection, which if it be analyzed, both directions taken together would be found to be a parallelogram of forces.
Thanks to the new design of the parallelogram, the rear derailleur is now lighter and more rigid, with the most effective and fastest shifting.
A pantograph, four light rigid bars in a parallelogram, may be used to cause the cutter to follow a certain layout.
Each vertex triangle of the octagon is a vertex triangle of one such parallelogram.
Infeed table moved by parallelogram connecting rods, to adjust stock removal with maximum precision.

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