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Geometry Vocabulary - Term and Definition

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acute anglean angle less than 90°
acute trianglea trianle with 3 acute angles
congruent sidessides with the same length
equilateral triangleall sides are the same size
hexagona 6-sided polygon
isosceles trianglea triangle with at least 2 sides equal
kitea quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent sides of equal length
obtuse anglean angle larger than 90º but less than 180º
obtuse trianglea triangle with an obtuse angle
octagonan 8-sided polygon
parallel lineslines that stay the same distance apart and never meet or cross
parallelograma quadrilateral with opposite sides that are the same length and parallel
pentagona 5-sided polygon
perpendicular lineslines that meet or cross at a 90º angle
polygona 2-dimensional closed figure with at least 3 straight sides - no curves
quadrilaterala polygon with 4 sides and 4 angles
rectanglea parallelogram with two pairs of congruent, parallel sides and four right angles
regular polygona polygon in which all sides are the same length and all angles have the same measure
rhombusa parallelogram with all sides the same length
right trianglea triangle with 1 right angle
scalene trianglea triangle in which each side has a different length
trapezoida quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
squarea parallelogram with two pairs of congruent, parallel sides, four right angles and all sides the same length


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