rhombus
A rhombus (plural rhombi, or rhombuses) is a quadrilateral with its four sides equal. A square is a rhombus, but a rhombus need not be a square, since the angles need not all be equal. Every rhombus is, however, a parallelogram.
In any rhombus, the diagonals are always perpendicular. A nice result following from this, is that joining the midpoints of the sides, always gives a rectangle.
If and are the lengths of the diagonals, then the area of the rhombus is
Title | rhombus |
Canonical name | Rhombus |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 12:02:38 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 12:02:38 |
Owner | yark (2760) |
Last modified by | yark (2760) |
Numerical id | 14 |
Author | yark (2760) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 51-00 |
Related topic | Quadrilateral |
Related topic | Parallelogram |
Related topic | Rectangle |
Related topic | Square |
Related topic | ParallelogramLaw |
Related topic | Kite |
Defines | rhombi |
Defines | rhombuses |