Geometry

Dictionary
By Safa Shuja

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Acute Angle An angle less than 90

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Chord A line segment with endpoints on a circle

-CCircle - A closed figure with all points are the same distance from the center

-CCircumference - The outside of a Circle

Cone - A solid figure that has a circle as a base, and has 1 vertex

Congruent - 2 shapes that have the same size and are the same shape

Cube - A 3D square with 6 faces 8 vertices and 3 squares meet at each vertex

Cylinder A solid figure with 2 parallel, circular and congruent bases

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Decagon - A plane figure with ten straight sides and angles

Diameter A line segment that passes through the center of a circle.

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Equilateral Triangle A triangle with 3 congruent sides and angles

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Heptagon - A plane figure with seven straight sides and angles.

Hexagon - A plane figure with six straight sides and angles.

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Intersecting Lines 2 lines that cross

Isosceles Triangle A triangle with 2 congruent sides

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Line - An endless straight path, named by two points

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Line Segment- A part of a line named by two end points

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Nonagon - A plane figure with nine straight sides and nine angles

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Obtuse Angle - An angle more than 90 and less than 180

Octagon A plane figure with 8 sides and angles

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Parallel Lines 2 lines that stay opposite each other forever

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Parallelogram - A quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel.

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Pentagon A plane figure with 5 sides and angles

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Perpendicular Lines Crossing lines that make 4 right angles

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Point An exact location, you name it with a letter, Ex. A

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Polygon A plane figure with 3 or more sides

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Radius Half of a Diameter

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Ray - A line with one endpoint and the other end is endless
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Rectangle - A plane figure with four straight sides, four right angles, and 2 pairs of
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congruent sides

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Rectangular Prism - A prism made out of 6 rectangles, it has 8 vertices and 12 edges.
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Rectangular Pyramid - It has 4 faces; the base is a rectangle and has 5 vertices.
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Reflection plane rectilinear figure withaopposite by flipping it over a line, like a mirror. A four-sided It is the movement of figure sides parallel.
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Reflex Angle - An angle that is 180 - 300

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Rhombus A quadrilateral that is like a square but is stretched out, all sides are congruent.
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Right Angle An angle that is exactly 90

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Right Triangle A triangle that has a right angle

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Rotation A figure turning

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Scalene Triangle A triangle with no congruent sides

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Semi Circle - Half of a circle

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Similar 2 shapes that are the same but have different sizes
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Sphere - A solid figure with no vertices or edges, all the points on the surface are the same
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Square A quadrilateral that has 4 sides, 4 congruent sides and 4 right angles.

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Square Pyramid - A solid figure with 5 faces, 5 vertices and 8 edges, the base is a square
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Straight Angle An angle that is 180

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Tessellation - A repeating pattern of closed figures
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Translation A movement of a figure

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Trapezoid A quadrilateral that has 4 sides and 1 pairs of parallel sides.

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Triangular Prism A solid figure that has 5 faces, 12 edges and 6 vertices
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Triangular Pyramid It has 4 faces, 4 vertices and 6 edges. All of the faces are triangles
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Vertex - The place where 2 or more rays meet

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