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Equilateral polygon

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An equilateral polygon is a polygon in which all of its edges have equal length.

Equilateral triangles are necessarily regular polygons, but this is not true for polygons with more sides. For instance, an equilateral quadrilateral is a rhombus and may or may not be a regular quadrilateral, i.e. a square.

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