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<p>between them (except <a href="page.php?w=straight_angle">straight angle</a>s), and the length of any <a href="page.php?w=line_segment">line segment</a> that is not parallel to the direction of displacement. Therefore, it will usually distort the shape of a geometric figure, for example turning squares into <a href="page.php?w=parallelogram">parallelogram</a>s, and <a href="page.php?w=circle">circle</a>s into <a href="page.php?w=ellipse">ellipse</a>s.  However a shearing does preserve the <a href="page.php?w=area">area</a> of geometric figures</p><p>
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