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Math: Vocabulary

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intersect2 lines cross
point of intersectionwhere the lines cross
parallel linesif 2 lines in the same plane do not intersect
perpendicularwhen two lines make square corners at the point of intersection
right angleangle made by perpendicular lines
straight angleformed by two right angles
acute angleangle smaller than a right angle
obtuse anglean angle larger than a right angle but small than a straight angle
polygonmore than one angle
sideeach segment of a polygon
vertexeach endpoint of a side of the polygon
verticesplural of vertex
trianglepolygon with fewest number of sides (3)
quadrilateralpolygon with 4 sides
pentagonpolygon with 5 sides
hexagon6
heptagon7
octagon9
nonagon9
decagon10
undecagon10
dodecagon12
concave polygonpolygon with an indectation (cave)
convex polygonpolygon without indentation (no cave)
equilateral polygonpolygon with equal sides
equiangular polygonall angles have same measures
regular polygonpolygons with all sides the same length and all angles have same measures
tick marksmarks to denote sides whose lengths are equal and angles whose measures are equal
triangle3 sides and 3 angles, sum of measures in 180 degrees
right triangleif triangle has a right angle
acute triangleif all angles have measures less than 90 degrees
obtuse triangleif one angle has measures more than 90 degrees
equilateral triangleall angles are equal
isosceles triangletriangle that has at least 2 sides of equal length
equilateral triangletriangle with lengths of all sides equal
scalene triangleall sides of a triangle that have different lengths
parallelagramquadrilateral with 2 parallel sides
trapezoidquarilateral with exactly 2 parallel sides
rectangleparallelogram with 4 right angles
rhombusequilateral parallelogram
squarea rhombus with 4 right angles



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