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Vocabulary Geometry: Angles and Polygons

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acute angleAn angle with a measure greater than zero degrees but less than 90 degrees.
anglewo rays with a common endpoint.
bisectTo separate something into two congruent parts.
congruentHaving the same measure.
congruent figuresFigures that are the same shape and size.
corresponding partsThe parts of congruent figures that match.
degreeThe most common unit of measure for angles.
equilateral triangleA triangle having all three sides congruent and all three angles congruent (all angles equal 60 degrees).
hexagonA polygon having six sides.
isosceles triangleA triangle in which at least two sides are congruent.
line of symmetryA line that divides a figure into halves that are reflections of each other.
line symmetryFigures have this when two halves of the figure match.
obtuse angleAn angle that measures greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
octagonA polygon having eight sides.
parallelogramA quadrilateral that has both pairs of opposite sides congruent and parallel.
pentagonA polygon having five sides.
perpendicularTwo line segments that intersect to form right angles.
polygonA simple closed figure in a plane formed by three or more line segments.
quadrilateralA polygon with four sides.
rectangleA quadrilateral with opposite sides congruent and parallel and all angles are right angles.
regular polygonA polygon having all sides congruent and all angles congruent.
rhombusA parallelogram with all sides congruent.
right angleAn angle that measures exactly 90 degrees.
scalene triangleA triangle in which no sides are congruent.
sideA ray that is part of an angle.
similar figuresFigures that have the same shape but different sizes.
squareA parallelogram with all sides congruent, all angles are right angles,, and opposite sides are parallel.
triangleA polygon having three sides.
vertexThe common endpoint of the two rays that form an angle.



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