Shape
Form of an object or its external boundary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Shape (disambiguation).
"Geometric shape" redirects here. For the Unicode symbols, see Geometric Shapes.
A shape is a graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface; it is distinct from other object properties, such as color, texture, or material type. In geometry, shape excludes information about the object's location, scale, orientation and reflection.[1] A figure is a representation including both shape and size (as in, e.g., figure of the Earth).
A plane shape or plane figure is constrained to lie on a plane, in contrast to solid 3D shapes. A two-dimensional shape or two-dimensional figure (also: 2D shape or 2D figure) may lie on a more general curved surface (a non-Euclidean two-dimensional space).