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Geometry Vocabulary

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trianglea polygon with three sides
quadrilaterala polygon with four sides
parallelograma quadrilateral in which both pairs of opposite sides are parallel
rectanglea parallelogram with four right angles
squarea rectangle with four congruent sides
rhombusa parallelogram with four congruent sides
trapezoida quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
kitea quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of adjacent congruent sides
line of symmetrya line that divides a figure into congruent halves
translation (slide)a transformation in which an image is formed by moving every point on a figure the same distance in the same direction
reflection (flip)a transformation in which a figure is flipped over a line, called the line of reflection
rotation (turn)a transformation in which an image is formed by turning its preimage about a point
congruenttwo figures that have exactly the same size and shape
similartwo figures that have exactly the same shape but not necessarily the same size
cylindera solid bounded by two congruent
conea solid bounded by a circular base and a curved surface with one vertex
cubea solid with six congruent square faces and every edge the same length
square pyramida solid whose base is a square and whose other faces are triangles that share a common vertex
rectangular prisma solid in which all six faces are rectangles with three pairs of parallel, congruent, opposite faces
polygona closed plane figure made up of line segments
regular polygonhas sides of equal length and measure
polyhedrona three-dimensional solid figure with flat surfaces
facesthe flat surface of a polyhedron
edgeThe line segment where two faces intersect
vertexThe point where edges intersect
spherea solid figure having the surface equally distant from the center at all points
neta plane figure which when folded gives you a solid figure
three-dimensionalAn object that has height, width and depth, like any object in the real world.
two-dimensionalA shape that only has two dimensions (such as width and height) and no thickness.
A prisma polyhedron, which means the cross section will be a polygon (a straight-edged figure) all sides will be flat


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