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degree | a unit of measure used to describe the size of an angle |
congruent | the same or equal |
right angle | an angle that measures 90 degrees |
obtuse angle | an angle that measures between 90 degrees and 180 degrees |
angle | opening between two straight lines that meet as a vertex, measured by degrees |
straight angle | an angle that measures 180 degrees |
interior angle | an angle in the insides of a polygon |
exterior angle | an angle on the outside of a polygon |
acute angle | an angle that measures between 0 degrees and 90 degrees |
polygon | a closed, flat shape whose sides are formed by line segments |
regular polygon | a polygon that has all of its sides equal and all of its angles equal |
triangle | polygon with 3 sides and angles |
quadrilateral | polygon with 4 sides and angles |
pentagon | polygon with 5 sides and angles |
hexagon | polygon with 6 sides and angles |
heptagon | polygon with 7 sides and angles |
octagon | polygon with 8 sides and angles |
nonagon | polygon with 9 sides and angles |
decagon | polygon with 10 sides and angles |
equilateral triangle | a triangle with all three sides the same length |
isosceles triangle | a triangle with two sides the same length |
scalene triangle | a triangle with no sides the same length |
parallelogram | a quadrilateral in which both pairs of opposite sides are equal and parallel |
rectangle | parallelogram with all right angles |
rhombus | a quadrilateral that has all sides the same length |
square | a rectangle with all four sides equal |
trapezoid | a quadrilateral with one pair of adjacent and congruent lines |
kite | a quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent and congruent sides |
parallel lines | lines that never meet no matter how long they are extended |
diagonal | a line segment connecting two non-adjacent vertices of a polygon |
symmetry | a mirror image |
line symmetry | when a figure can be folded along a line so that the two halves match exactly |
rotational symmetry | when an object looks the same after it has been turned or rotated |
vertex | the corners of a polygon or angle |