antiparallel
Running counter directions
Antiparallel describes lines or vectors that run parallel but point in opposite directions.
In molecular biology, the term is essential for describing DNA's double helix, where the two strands run in opposite orientations—one 5' to 3', the other 3' to 5'.
The concept appears in physics, chemistry, and mathematics wherever directional opposition matters: The magnetic moments are antiparallel.
Twisted filaments or elements
- double helixTwo intertwined spirals
- base pairsBonded DNA building blocks
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- nucleotidesDNA and RNA subunits
Watson-Crick · replication · adenine · thymine · cytosine · guanine · backbone · transcription
Having pressed folds
- hydrogen bondsIntermolecular polar attractions
- polypeptideAmino acid polymer
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- residuesWhat's left after processing
Reverse or contrary thing
- directionWay something faces
- magnitudeSize or scale
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- alignedArranged in proper position
coordinate · projection · axis · plane · coplanar · collinear · displacement · resultant
Rapid rotation around axis
- electronNegative subatomic particle
- ferromagnetismStrong atomic magnetic alignment
- couplingJoint between systems
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
domain · lattice · exchange interaction · susceptibility · Néel temperature · ordering · dipole · flux
strands
Twisted filaments or elements
- double helixTwo intertwined spirals
- base pairsBonded DNA building blocks
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
nucleotides · Watson-Crick · replication · adenine · thymine · cytosine · guanine · backbone · transcription · polymerase
pleated
Having pressed folds
- hydrogen bondsIntermolecular polar attractions
- polypeptideAmino acid polymer
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
residues · conformation · folding · strands · amino acids
opposite
Reverse or contrary thing
- directionWay something faces
- magnitudeSize or scale
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
aligned · coordinate · projection · axis · plane · coplanar · collinear · displacement · resultant
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
- electronNegative subatomic particle
- ferromagnetismStrong atomic magnetic alignment
- couplingJoint between systems
alignment · domain · lattice · exchange interaction · susceptibility · Néel temperature · ordering · dipole · flux · polarity
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Equidistant at all points
colinear · aligned · unidirectional · tandem · perpendicular
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Equidistant at all points
perpendicular · orthogonal · oblique · transverse · skew
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