What are the defining features of a rhombus?

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What is a rhombus?
 
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What is a rhombus?

rhombus

noun (pl. rhombuses or rhombi )
Geometry a parallelogram with oblique angles and equal sides.

ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek rhombos.
 

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