A | B |
acute angle | An angle with a measure greater than zero degrees but less than 90 degrees. |
angle | wo rays with a common endpoint. |
bisect | To separate something into two congruent parts. |
complementary | Two angles whose measures have a sum of 90 degrees. |
congruent | Having the same measure. |
congruent figures | Figures that are the same shape and size. |
corresponding parts | The parts of congruent figures that match. |
degree | The most common unit of measure for angles. |
equilateral triangle | A triangle having all three sides congruent and all three angles congruent (all angles equal 60 degrees). |
heptagon | A polygon having seven sides. |
hexagon | A polygon having six sides. |
isosceles triangle | A triangle in which at least two sides are congruent. |
line of symmetry | A line that divides a figure into halves that are reflections of each other. |
line symmetry | Figures have this when two halves of the figure match. |
obtuse angle | An angle that measures greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees. |
octagon | A polygon having eight sides. |
parallelogram | A quadrilateral that has both pairs of opposite sides congruent and parallel. |
pentagon | A polygon having five sides. |
perpendicular | Two line segments that intersect to form right angles. |
polygon | A simple closed figure in a plane formed by three or more line segments. |
quadrilateral | A polygon with four sides. |
rectangle | A quadrilateral with opposite sides congruent and parallel and all angles are right angles. |
regular polygon | A polygon having all sides congruent and all angles congruent. |
rhombus | A parallelogram with all sides congruent. |
right angle | An angle that measures exactly 90 degrees. |
rotational symmetry | A figure has this if it can be turned or rotated less than 360 degrees about a fixed point so that the figure looks exactly as it did before being turned. |
scalene triangle | A triangle in which no sides are congruent. |
side | A ray that is part of an angle. |
similar figures | Figures that have the same shape but different sizes. |
square | A parallelogram with all sides congruent, all angles are right angles,, and opposite sides are parallel. |
straight angle | An angle that measures exdactly 180 degrees. |
supplementary | Two angles whose measures have a sum of 180 degrees. |
triangle | A polygon having three sides. |
vertex | The common endpoint of the two rays that form an angle. |