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Geometry Chapter 4 Vocabulary

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acute triangleA triangle with three acute angles.
base angles of an isosceles triangleThe two angles at thea base of an isosceles triangle.
base of an isosceles triangleThe side opposite the vertex angle.
centroidThe point at which the three medians of a triangle intersect,
corollaryA theorem that is easily proven from another theorem.
equiangular triangleA triangle with three congruent angles.
equilateral triangleA triangle with three congruent sides.
exterior angle of a triangleWhen the sides of a triangle are extended, tha angles that are adjacent to the interior angles of the triangle.
hypotenuseIn a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle. It is the longest side of a right triangle.
isosceles triangleA triangle with at least two congruent sides.
legs of a right triangleThe sides that form the right angle.
legs of an isosceles triangleThe congruent sides of an isosceles triangle.
median of a triangleA segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
obtuse triangleA triangle with one obtuse angle.
Pythagorean TheoremIn a right triangle, the sum of the legs squared equal the hypotenuse squared.
right triangleA triangle with one right angle.
scalene triangleA triangle with no congruent sides.
triangleA polygon with three sides.


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