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Geometry Vocabulary

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raya part of a line that extends indefinitely from one point in one direction
vertexa point where two lines intersect
angletwo rays with a common endpoint
decagona ten-sided polygon
degreethe most common unit of measure for angles
protractora tool used to measure angles
acute anglean angle between 0 and 90 degrees
obtuse anglean angle between 90 and 180 degrees
right anglea 90 degree angle
pentagona five-sided polygon
complementarytwo angles that have a sum of 90 degrees
supplementarytwo angles that have a sum of 180 degrees
polygona simple closed figure formed by straight line segments
regular polygona figure with all angles congruent and all sides congruent
parallellines going in the same direction and always being the same distance apart (they will never cross)
quadrilaterala four-sided polygon
squarea rectangle with all sides congruent
parallelograma quadrilateral with opposite sides congruent and parallel
rectanglea parallelogram with four right angles
equilateral trianglea triangle with all sides congruent
scalene trianglea triangle with no sides congruent
hexagona six-sided polygon
isosceles trianglea triangle with two sides congruent
acute trianglea triangle with all angles between 0 and 90 degrees
octagonan eight-sided polygon
obtuse trianglea triangle with one angle between 90 and 180 degrees
right trianglea triangle with one 90 degree angle
linea straight path that goes on forever in opposite directions
line segmenta part of a line that includes two points called endpoints and all points between them
straight anglea 180 degree angle
perpendicular linestwo lines that intersect at a 90 degree angle
trianglea three-sided polygon
heptagona seven-sided figure
nonagona nine-sided figure
decagona ten-sided figure
congruent2 line segments or angles having the same measure
rhombusa parallelogram with 4 equal sides
trapezoida quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides


Algebra I Teacher
Cy-Lakes High School
Katy, TX

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