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7th grade geometry vocabulary

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translationa specific transformation that is also known as a slide
pyramida polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
rotationa specific transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
intersectiona point or set of points common to two or more geometric figures; can be thought of areas that overlap
cubea block; a three-dimensional shape with six square sides
complementary anglespair of angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees
parallela description of lines or planes that are equal distance along entire surfaces and will never touch
correspondingitems that match; they are compatible, similar or consistent; concide in their characteristics
reflectiona specific transformation that "flips" the object's points
perspectivethe way in which objects appear to the eye based on their spatial attributes
spherea 3 dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surfae is equaidistant from the center
polyhedrona geometric solid with flat faces and straight edges
similarsame shape but not the same size
tessellationa collection of shapes that fill a plane with no overlaps and no gaps
conea solid whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
two dimensionallacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion of depth


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