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Kite

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A planar convex quadrilateral consisting of two adjacent sides of length $a$ and the other two sides of length $b$. The Rhombus is a special case of the kite, and the Lozenge is a special case of the Rhombus.

See also Lozenge, Parallelogram, Penrose Tiles, Quadrilateral, Rhombus



© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26