Flashcards: Ch. 8 Vocabulary
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ms_g_geometry on February 9, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 area | measure of a region enclosed by a figure, unit squared |
| altitude of a parallelogram | perpendicular segment from the base to the side parallel to the base (the length of the altitude is the height of the parallelogram) |
| apothem | perpendicular segment from the center of of the regular polygon's circumscribed circle to a side of the polygon |
| sector of a circle | region between two radii and an arc on a circle |
| segment of a circle | region between a chord and an arc on a circle |
| annulus | region between 2 concentric circles |
| surface area | sum of the areas of all of the faces/surfaces that enclose the solid |
| slant height | height of each triangular lateral face of a pyramid |