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Scatter: Geometry Vocabulary

Acute angle
an angle with a measure of less than 90°
Acute Triangle
a triangle with 3 acute sides
Adjacent angles
2 angles that share a vertex and a side but no points in their interiors
Alternate Interior Angles
angles between 2 lines and on opposite sides of a transversal
Angle
a figure formed by 2 different rays that have the same endpoint
Angle Bisector
a ray dividing a given angle into two congruent angles each half the size of the given angle.
Angle of Depression
an ang;e formed by a horizontal line and a line of sight below it
Angle of Elevation
An angle formed by a horizontal line and a line of sight above it.
Area
The number of square units a figure encloses
Central Angle
an angle whose vertex is in the center of a circle.
Chord
a chord of a circle is a line segment whose endpoints are on the circle.
Circle
a circle is the set of all points that are equidistant from a given point, called the center.
Circumference
The distance around a circle
Complementary Angles
2 angles whose sum adds to 90°
Cone
a figure with one circular base and one vertex
Congruent Angles
Angles that have the same measure
Congruent Figures
Congruent Figures are figures that have the same size and shape
Congruent Segments
Segments that have the same length
Coordinate Plane
The plane formed by 2 number liines that intersect at their zero points dividing the plane into 4 quadrants
Coordinates
Ordered pairs that identify points on a coordinate plane.
Corresponding angles
Pairs of nonadjacent angles that lie on the same side of a transversal of 2 lines and in correspondiing positions.
Corresponding angles of polygons
Matching sides of similiar or congruent figures
Cube
a rectangular prism with 6 congruent faces
Cylinder
a figure whose bases are circular , congruent and parallel to each other.
Decagon
a polygon with 10 sides
Diagonal of a polygon
a segment (line) that connects 2 non consecutive vertices.
Diameter of a circle
A chord passing through the center of a circle
Edge
The intersection of 2 faces of a figure.
Equilateral Triangle
A triangle with 3 congruelnt sides
face
a surface of a figure
Hypotenuse
In a right triangle, the hypotenuse is the longest side, which is opposite the right angle.
Isosceles triangle
A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides
Legs of a right triangle
the 2 shorter sides of the triangle
Line
a series of points that extend in 2 directions without end.
Obtuse Angle
An angle with a measure greater than 90° and less than 180°
Obtuse Triangle
a triangle with one obtuse angle
Octogon
a polygon with 8 sides
Parallel Lines
lines that lie in the same plane and do not intersect..
Pentagon
a polygon with 5 sides
Perimeter
The distance around a figure
Perpendicular Lines
Lines that intersect ot form right angles
Plane
a flat surface that has no thickness and continues without end in all directions
Polygon
A closed figure with at least 3 sides
Point
a location is space that has no size
Pyramid
a figure with triangular fice that meet in a vertex and a base that is a polygon
Radius of a Circle
a segment that has one endpoint at the center of the circle and the other endpoint on the circle.
Rectangle
A parallelogram with 4 right angles
Right Angle
An angle whosse measure is 90°
Segment
A segemt is a part of a line with 2 endpoints
trapezoid
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
Triangle
A polygon with 3 sides
Transversal
a line that intersects 2 other points

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Acute Trianglea triangle with 3 acute sides
Acute anglean angle with a measure of less than 90°
Adjacent angles2 angles that share a vertex and a side but no points in their interiors
Alternate Interior Anglesangles between 2 lines and on opposite sides of a transversal
Anglea figure formed by 2 different rays that have the same endpoint
Angle Bisectora ray dividing a given angle into two congruent angles each half the size of the given angle.
Angle of Depressionan ang;e formed by a horizontal line and a line of sight below it
Angle of ElevationAn angle formed by a horizontal line and a line of sight above it.
AreaThe number of square units a figure encloses
Central Anglean angle whose vertex is in the center of a circle.
Chorda chord of a circle is a line segment whose endpoints are on the circle.
Circlea circle is the set of all points that are equidistant from a given point, called the center.
CircumferenceThe distance around a circle
Complementary Angles2 angles whose sum adds to 90°
Conea figure with one circular base and one vertex
Congruent AnglesAngles that have the same measure
Congruent FiguresCongruent Figures are figures that have the same size and shape
Congruent SegmentsSegments that have the same length
Coordinate PlaneThe plane formed by 2 number liines that intersect at their zero points dividing the plane into 4 quadrants
CoordinatesOrdered pairs that identify points on a coordinate plane.
Corresponding anglesPairs of nonadjacent angles that lie on the same side of a transversal of 2 lines and in correspondiing positions.
Corresponding angles of polygonsMatching sides of similiar or congruent figures
Cubea rectangular prism with 6 congruent faces
Cylindera figure whose bases are circular , congruent and parallel to each other.
Decagona polygon with 10 sides
Diagonal of a polygona segment (line) that connects 2 non consecutive vertices.
Diameter of a circleA chord passing through the center of a circle
EdgeThe intersection of 2 faces of a figure.
Equilateral TriangleA triangle with 3 congruelnt sides
HypotenuseIn a right triangle, the hypotenuse is the longest side, which is opposite the right angle.
Isosceles triangleA triangle with at least 2 congruent sides
Legs of a right trianglethe 2 shorter sides of the triangle
Linea series of points that extend in 2 directions without end.
Obtuse AngleAn angle with a measure greater than 90° and less than 180°
Obtuse Trianglea triangle with one obtuse angle
Octogona polygon with 8 sides
Parallel Lineslines that lie in the same plane and do not intersect..
Pentagona polygon with 5 sides
PerimeterThe distance around a figure
Perpendicular LinesLines that intersect ot form right angles
Planea flat surface that has no thickness and continues without end in all directions
Pointa location is space that has no size
PolygonA closed figure with at least 3 sides
Pyramida figure with triangular fice that meet in a vertex and a base that is a polygon
Radius of a Circlea segment that has one endpoint at the center of the circle and the other endpoint on the circle.
RectangleA parallelogram with 4 right angles
Right AngleAn angle whosse measure is 90°
SegmentA segemt is a part of a line with 2 endpoints
Transversala line that intersects 2 other points
TriangleA polygon with 3 sides
facea surface of a figure
trapezoidA quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
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