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Keywords: Quadrilateral, Congruent, Symmetry, Convex, Diagonals

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A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.

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Quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of adjacent sides that are congruent

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A quadrilateral that has two pairs of congruent sides, but opposite sides are not congruent.

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a convex trapezium with two sets of adjacent sides congruent

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a convex quadrilateral with two pair of equal adjacent sides as the figure shown

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a quadrilateral in which one of its diagonals is its axis of symmetry

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a quadrilateral with exactly two distinct pairs of congruent consecutive sides

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(1) A quadrilateral with exactly two pairs of adjacent congruent sides. (A rhombus is not a kite.)

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a four-sided figure shaped like a diamond in which the two pairs of adjacent sides have the same length.

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In geometry, a kite, or deltoid, is a quadrilateral with two pairs of equal adjacent sides. Technically, the pairs of sides are disjoint congruent and adjacent. This is in contrast to a parallelogram, where the equal sides are opposite.

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