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A parallelogram is a 2-dimensional figure with four sides. Each pair of opposite sides is parallel.The root "gram" is a reference to something marked or written, a figure.The root "parallel" is a reference to parallel lines.So a parallelogram is a figure in which parallelism is a prominent characteristic.

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