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Square
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Square

Square  |  Regular quadrilateral   (English)

Definition (keystage 1)

A shape with four sides which are all the same length.

Definition (keystage 2)

Regular Quadrilateral

Definition (keystage 3)

A regular quadrilateral.
It is a rectangle whose sides are all the same length
It has four lines of symmetry, and rotational symmetry of order 4.
Opposite sides are parallel, and all four angles are right angles (90°).
Its diagonals bisect each other at right angles, as well as bisecting the angles.

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