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Geometry Terms Math 7

Basic geometry terms and definitions for Math 7 students

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triangle3 sided polygon
quadrilateral4 sided polygon
pentagon5 sided polygon
hexagon6 sided polygon
heptagon7 sided polygon
octagon8 sided polygon
nonagon9 sided polygon
decagon10 sided polygon
pointposition in space
linecontinuous straight set of points; extends infinitely in both directions
segmentpart of a line that has two endpoints
planeflat surface that extends infinitely in all directions
raypart of a line that has one endpoint and continues infinitely in one direction
angleformed by two rays with a common endpoint
right anglemeasures 90 degrees
acute anglemeasures less than 90 degrees
obtuse anglemeasures greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
straight anglemeasures 180 degrees
intersecting linestwo lines that cross at a point
perpendicular linestwo lines that intersect to form right angles
parallel lineslines in the same plane that do not intersect
right trianglea triangle containing one right angle
obtuse trianglea triangle containing one obtuse angle
acute trianglea triangle containing three acute angles
scalene trianglea triangle with no congruent sides
isosceles trianglea triangle with at least two congruent sides
equilateral trianglea triangle with three congruent sides
congruenthaving the same size, measure, and shape
regular polygona polygon in which all the sides and all the angles are congruent
trapezoida quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
parallelograma quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel
rectanglea parallelogram with 4 right angles
rhombusa parallelogram with 4 congruent sides
squarea parallelogram with 4 right angles and 4 congruent sides
reflectionmirror-image of a figure
translationthe slide image of a figure
rotationthe image of a figure made by turning it

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