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Rhombus vs Tetragon - What's the difference?

rhombus | tetragon |

As nouns the difference between rhombus and tetragon

is that rhombus is rhombus, rhomb while tetragon is (geometry|rare) a quadrilateral.

rhombus

English

(fish) (wikipedia rhombus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • * 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
    • the greedy Tuberon'' or ''Shark'' arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them, directed by a little ''Rhombus'' , ''Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence [...].
  • (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. it is a square with the corners pulled so the angles are all acute

    • Synonyms

    * (geometry) diamond (not in technical use''), lozenge (''if not square ), rhomb

    Related terms

    * rhombic * rhomboid

    tetragon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry, rare) A quadrilateral.
  • An aspect of two planets with regard to the Earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or a quarter-circle.
    • (Hutton)

    Usage notes

    Although consistent with pentagon, hexagon, etc., this term is not common; quadrilateral is the more common term.

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