parallelograms

Four-sided slanted shapes

Parallelograms is the plural of parallelogram, a four-sided figure whose opposite sides are parallel and equal in length.

Rectangles, squares, and rhombuses are all parallelograms.

The term appears in geometry classes and occasionally in descriptions of shapes: The tiles were arranged in parallelograms.

geometry

quadrilateral

Four-sided closed figure

opposite sides · parallel lines · angles · vertices · diagonals · congruent · polygon · Euclidean · sides · base

mathematics

area formula

Expression for calculating space

theorems · properties · constructions · transformations · translations · tessellations · symmetry · cross product · determinant · magnitude

education

worksheet

Exercise page for students

  • diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
  • labelIdentifying attachment or marker
  • solveFind the answer

calculate · textbook · compass · protractor · ruler · straightedge · graph paper · homework · quiz · test

applications

linkages

Points where things connect

MEMS · crystallography · lattice · tiling · brick patterns · herringbone · design · architecture · engineering · physics

Categories
Opposites
geometric regularity and parallel structure

parallelogramscircles

Equidistant curves from centers

trapezoids · triangles · ellipses · kites · scalene triangles

geometric regularity

parallelogramsblobs

Amorphous masses

Family

parallelogram

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G