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Rhombus vs lozenge

Hello again,
Is there any difference in shape between lozenge and rhombus?

Thanks, mike
  

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mike morgan filted:
[nq:1]Is there any difference in shape between lozenge and rhombus?[/nq]
Not shape, but orientation...I think a lozenge has to have its long diagonal vertical; a rhombus can be rotated into any position..r
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[nq:1]Hello again, Is there any difference in shape between lozenge and rhombus?[/nq]
"Rhombus" is a geometry term; lozenge I think of more as an arbitrary descriptive term like "diamond". A square is a special case of a rhombus in mathematics, but I wouldn't consider a square a "lozenge". A lozenge should properly be skewed so that two corners are acute angles and two are obtuse, like a diamo
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Mike Morgan:
[nq:2]Is there any difference in shape between lozenge and rhombus?[/nq]
Don Gilmore:
[nq:1]"Rhombus" is a geometry term; lozenge I think of more as an arbitrary descriptive term like "diamond". A square is ... are acute angles and two are obtuse, like a diamond on a playing card or the figures in Argyle plaid.[/nq]
That all makes sense. However, "lozenge" has another
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