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CT Geometry (JB)

Vocab Terms

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CIRCUMFERENCEThe distance around a closed curve. A type of perimeter.
DIAMETERA chord that passes through the center of a circle.
RADIUSThe segment joining the center of a circle to a point on the circle.
SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLESTwo angles that add up to 180⁰.
TANGENTA line that intersects a circle at exactly one point.
ARCA figure consisting of two points on a circle and all the points on the circle needed to connect them by a single path.
CENTRAL ANGLEAn angle whose vertex is at the center of a circle.
COMPLEMENTARY ANGLESTwo angles that add up to 90⁰.
SIMILAR FIGURESFigures that are the same shape, Corresponding angles are congruent and corresponding sides are proportional.
PARALLELOGRAMQuadrilateral who two pairs of parallel sides
REGULAR POLYGONAll sides of the polygon are congruent to each other.
ISOSCLELES TRAPEZOIDPolygon with one set of parallel sides and one pair of congruent sides.
INTERQUARTILE RANGEThe difference between the upper and lower quartile.
MODEThe number that appears the most in a set of data.
RANGEThe difference between the minimum and maximum # in a set of data.
COEFFICIENTThe number in front of a variable.
PYTHAGOREAN THEREOMIs used to find the length of the third side of a RIGHT triangle
ACUTE ANGLEAn angle whose measure is between 0 and 90.
HEPTAGONA polygon with seven sides.
PENTAGONA polygon with five sides.
MINOR ARCAn arc of a circle that is less than 180 degrees.
MAJORAn arc of a circle that is greater than 180 degrees.
ISOSCELES TRIANGLEA triangle that has two congruent sides.
KITEQuadrilateral with two pairs of congruent adjacent sides and not opposite sides congruent.
OBTUSE ANGLEAn angle whose measure is between 90 and 180.
PERPENDICULAR LINESLines that intersect and form right angles.
QUADRILATERALA polygon with four sides.
RHOMBUSA parallelogram with four congruent sides.
RECTANGLEA parallelogram with four 90 degree angles.
HYPOTENUSEThe side opposite the right angle in a right triangle.
SCALENE TRIANGLEA triangle with no congruent sides.
VERTICAL ANGLESTwo angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays and are congruent.



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