Comment on Proof that math is real
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoIt’s the other way. Squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are square.
Rect-angle, rectus-angle, right/proper-angle
Comment on Proof that math is real
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoIt’s the other way. Squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are square.
Rect-angle, rectus-angle, right/proper-angle
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 4 days ago
I didn’t say rectangles are squares, I said rectangles are square.
Square can be an adjective. When you say a rectangle is square, you’re saying all four corners are square. If you make a picture frame in the shape of a oblique parallelogram, it’s not square. If you make it in the shape of a rectangle, it’s square. If you make it in the shape of a square, it is both square and a square.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
That’s a weird and confusing language if true.
At least in geometry square is a special case of rectangle.