Shape identification question
October 4, 2010 8:11 PM Subscribe
What is this shape (the one in white) called?
No help on whether there's a technical term, but I bet I could say "Zelda rupee shape" and most folks I know would know exactly the one.
posted by Rallon at 8:13 PM on October 4, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by Rallon at 8:13 PM on October 4, 2010 [4 favorites]
Response by poster: My 5 year old daughter calls it a Frymond (Friamond?), so if there doesn't end up being a definitive answer, we're calling it that.
posted by horsemuth at 8:18 PM on October 4, 2010
posted by horsemuth at 8:18 PM on October 4, 2010
It's just a hexagon. What's normally presented as a hexagon is actually an equilateral hexagon, this one is just a hexagon.
posted by hermitosis at 8:19 PM on October 4, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by hermitosis at 8:19 PM on October 4, 2010 [4 favorites]
It's a hexagon, which is just a six-sided shape. It's not a regular one, though, because two sides are longer than the others.
posted by dfriedman at 8:31 PM on October 4, 2010
posted by dfriedman at 8:31 PM on October 4, 2010
i think that's a friamond
posted by lakersfan1222 at 8:33 PM on October 4, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by lakersfan1222 at 8:33 PM on October 4, 2010 [5 favorites]
6-gon
posted by alex_skazat at 8:34 PM on October 4, 2010
posted by alex_skazat at 8:34 PM on October 4, 2010
A convex hexagon with vertices at points A, B, C, D, E, and F, where:
-Points B, C, E, and F form a rectangle
-BC and EF are longer than FB and CE
-Points A, B, F, and C, D, E each form an Isosceles right triangle
It's not an elongated regular hexagon (oblong hexagon) because it's not equiangular: There are two 90-degree angles and four 135-degree angles, instead of 120 all the way around.
It's also not a section of elongated triangular tiling, even though it's very close. Once again, the angles are wrong; that shape would have two 60-degree angles and four 150.
The best I can say (I'm not any sort of mathematician) is that it's a modification of a simple square tessellation. The dimensions in the original picture look closer to three squares wide, though it's probably not exact.
posted by clorox at 3:33 AM on October 5, 2010
-Points B, C, E, and F form a rectangle
-BC and EF are longer than FB and CE
-Points A, B, F, and C, D, E each form an Isosceles right triangle
It's not an elongated regular hexagon (oblong hexagon) because it's not equiangular: There are two 90-degree angles and four 135-degree angles, instead of 120 all the way around.
It's also not a section of elongated triangular tiling, even though it's very close. Once again, the angles are wrong; that shape would have two 60-degree angles and four 150.
The best I can say (I'm not any sort of mathematician) is that it's a modification of a simple square tessellation. The dimensions in the original picture look closer to three squares wide, though it's probably not exact.
posted by clorox at 3:33 AM on October 5, 2010
Response by poster: Sounds like it's a hexagon. Though, around our house we'll still be calling it a Friamond.
posted by horsemuth at 11:01 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by horsemuth at 11:01 PM on October 5, 2010
Tesselated elongated hexagons.
posted by doctorwhitecoat at 11:43 AM on October 12, 2010
posted by doctorwhitecoat at 11:43 AM on October 12, 2010
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