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3rd Grade Geometry Terms

Geometry Terms from the 2007 PSSA Glossary

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Acute angleAn angle with a measure less than 90°.
CongruentHaving the same size and shape.
CubeA rectangular solid having six congruent square faces.
CylinderA three-dimensional figure with two circular bases, which are parallel and congruent.
EdgeThe line segment where two faces of a solid figure meet.
FaceA plane figure that serves as one side of a solid figure.
HexagonA polygon with 6 sides.
LineA straight path extending in both directions with no endpoints.
Line of symmetryA line that divides a figure into two halves that are mirror images of each other.
Obtuse angleAn angle with a measure more than 90º
OctagonA polygon with 8 sides.
Parallel linesLines that never intersect and are always the same distance apart.
ParallelogramA quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and congruent.
PentagonA polygon with 5 sides.
PerimeterThe distance around a figure.
Perpendicular linesTwo lines, segments or rays that intersect to form right angles.
QuadrilateralA polygon with 4 sides.
RayA part of a line that has one endpoint and continues without end in one direction.
Rectangular prismA solid figure in which all six faces are rectangles.
Reflection (flip)A transformation that produces the mirror image of a figure.
RhombusA parallelogram with four equal sides.
Right angleAn angle that measures exactly 90º
Right triangleA triangle that has a 90º angle
Rotation (turn)A movement of a figure that turns that figure around a fixed point.
Translation (slide)A movement of a figure to a new position without turning or flipping it.
TrapezoidA quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.
SphereA solid figure that has all points the same distance from the center.
VertexA point where lines, rays, sides of a polygon or edges of a polyhedron meet (corner).
ConeA solid figure that has a circular base and one vertex.
Line segmentA part of a line with two endpoints.
PyramidA solid figure with a polygon base and triangular sides that meet at a single point (vertex).


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