tfrederick on April 24, 2009
Words for vocabulary final
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
linear pair | two angles that are both adjacent and supplementary |
conclusion | "then" part of a conditional statement |
trapezoid | quadrilateral with exactly one pair of opposite sides parallel |
decagon | 10 sided polygon |
inscribed | polygon whose vertices lie on the circle |
octagon | 8 sided polygon |
perpendicular | two lines that meet to form right angles |
theorem | statement that must be proven true |
quadrilateral | 4 sided polygon |
angle bisector | segment that divides an angle into two congruent segments |
rhombus | parallelogram with four congruent sides |
postulate | statement assumed to be true |
congruent | two polygons having the same shape and size |
slope | ratio of rise over run |
isosceles | triangle with two congruent sides |
square | rectangle with four congruent sides |
IFF | if and only if |
median | segment from any vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side |
pentagon | 5 sided polygon |
rectangle | parallelogram with four right angles |
parallelogram | quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel |
altitude | segment from the vertex of a triangle perpendicular to the line containing the opposite side |
hypotenuse | longest side in a right triangle |
coplanar | points that lie in the same plane |
scalene | triangle with no congruent sides |
obtuse | angle measure between 90 and 180 |
equilateral | triangle with all sides congruent |
right | triangle containing one right angle |
collinear | points that lie on the same line |
CPCTC | corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent |
similar | two polygons having the same shape |
triangle | 3 sided polygon |
circumscribed | each side of a polygon is tangent to the circle |
parallel | lines that lie in the same plane and do not intersect |
tangent | a line that intersects a circle at exactly one point |
diagonal | a segment joining two nonconsecutive vertices |
hypothesis | the "if" part of a conditional statement |
leg | sides of a right triangle |
midpoint | a point in the middle of two points |
adjacent | angles that have a common side and vertex |
Supplementary | Angles that add to 180 |
complementary | angles that add to 90 |
acute | angle measure between 0 and 90 |
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