Cory,

You forgot:
- A parallelogram with all four sides equal, and all four corners equal
  (and hence 90 degrees).

:-D

Igor

Thu Feb 19 14:40:45 EST 2009
Cory Papenfuss wrote:

> > Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a
> > rhombus, or a trapezoid.
> >
>       I (somewhat) hate adding to this pedantism, but a square can be 
> accurately called
> 
> - A rectangle with equal-length sides
> - A rhombus with 90 degree corners
> - A trapezoid that has (the required) two parallel sides, as well as two 
> more (optionally) parallel sides.[1]
> 
> [1] Possibly not, as sometimes, the definition of a trapezoid requires 
> *exactly* two parallel sides, not *at least* two parallel sides.
> 
>       Characteristics being sufficient does not mean necessary nor vice 
> versa.
> 
> :-)
> -Cory

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