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Parallelogon
in two dimensions, related to the parallelogon tessellations by their five symmetry variations. In geometry, a parallelogon is a polygon with parallel opposite sides (hence the name) that can tile a plane by translation (rotation is not permitted). Parallelogons have four or six sides, opposite sides that are equal in length, and 180-degree rotational symmetry around the center. A four-sided parallelogon is a parallelogram. The three-dimensional analogue of a parallelogon is a parallelohedron. All faces of a parallelohedron are parallelogons.
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in two dimensions, related to the parallelogon tessellations by their five symmetry variations. In geometry, a parallelogon is a polygon with parallel opposite sides (hence the name) that can tile a plane by translation (rotation is not permitted). Parallelogons have four or six sides, opposite sides that are equal in length, and 180-degree rotational symmetry around the center. A four-sided parallelogon is a parallelogram. The three-dimensional analogue of a parallelogon is a parallelohedron. All faces of a parallelohedron are parallelogons.
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