Basic Geometry Terms, Part 1
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metcardcollector on March 19, 2012
Classes:
Geometry Class LaCrosse High School, Cooks's study group, Seguine's FPC Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hypotenuse | longest side in a right triangle; opposite the right angle |
| Octagon | 8-sided polygon |
| Scalene Triangle | triangle with no sides equal in length |
| Hexagon | 6-sided polygon |
| Line Segment | part of a line with two endpoints |
| Vertex | point where two rays meet |
| Perpendicular Lines | lines that intersect to form four right angles |
| Decagon | 10-sided polygon |
| Quadrilateral | 4-sided polygon |
| Equilateral Triangle | triangle with all sides equal in length |
| Diagonal | connects two non-consecutive vertices |
| Line | a collection of points extending forever in opposite directions |
| Triangle | 3-sided polygon |
| Point | an exact location in space |
| Ray | contains an endpoint and extends forever in the opposite direction |
| Parallel Lines | two lines that never intersect and are always the same distance apart |
| Nonagon | 9-sided polygon |
| Pentagon | 5-sided polygon |
| Polygon | a closed figure whose sides are line segments |
| Right Triangle | a triangle that contains a right angle |
| Isosceles Triangle | a triangle with two sides equal in length |
| Legs | the two sides of a right triangle that meet to form the right angle |
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