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Geometry Concepts and Vocabulary

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an angle less than 90 degrees but greater than 0 degreesacute angle
an angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degreesobtuse angle
an angle that measures 180 degrees and looks like a straight linestraight angle
an angle that measures 90 degreesright angle
2 angles whose sum equals 90 degreescomplementary angles
2 angles whose sum is equal to 180 degreessupplementary angles
a triangle that has all angles less than 90 degreesacute triangle
a triangle that has one angle equal to 90 degreesright triangle
a triangle that has one angle greater than 90 degreesobtuse triangle
a tool used to measure anglesprotractor
the angles inside any shape or inbetween the linesinterior angles
the angles created outside the shapeexterior angles
a triangle with all 3 sides of equal lengthequilateral triangle
the measure of each angle in an equilateral triangle60 degrees
a triangle with 2 or more equal sidesisosceles triangle
a triangle with no equal sidesscalene triangle
any closed figure with at least 3 sidespolygon
2 special intersecting lines that cross each other to form 90 degree anglesperpendicular lines
2 lines that cross each otherintersecting lines
2 lines that are always the same distance apart and will never meetparallel lines
the point halfway between 2 endpointsmidpoint
a specific location in spacepoint
part of a line that has one endpoint and goes on in one direction foreverray
part of a line that has 2 endpointsline segment
a set of points along a straight path that travels in two directions foreverline
term used to describe a shape whose angles are all congruentequiangular
Triangles are classified by theirangles and sides
having the same size and shapecongruent
a closed figure made of at least 3 straight lines that don't cross each otherpolygon
any polygon with 4 sidesquadrilateral
a parallelogram containing right anglesrectangle
a parallelogram containing 4 congruent sidesrhombus
a parallelogram with 4 right angles and congruent sidessquare
a quadrilateral with 1 set of parallel linestrapezoid
a trapezoid with congruent legsisosceles triangle
a quadrilateral with no sets of parallel linestrapezium
a special trapezium containing adjacent congruent sideskite
a polygon with all sides and all angles congruentregular polygon



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