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Geometry Review

An easy review of the geometry terms

AB
pointan exact position on a shape often marked by a dot
linea straight path that is endless in both directions
line segmentpart of a line with two endpoints
raypart of a line that begins at a point and is endless in one direction
endpointa point at the end of a ray or line segment
vertexthe point that two rays of an angle have in common
parallel lineslines that do not cross
intersecting lineslines that cross at a point
perpendicular lineslines that intersect and form right or 90 degree angles
protractora tool used to measure the size of an angle
degreethe unit of measurement for angles
right anglean angle measuring exactly 90 degrees formed by perpendicular lines
acute anglean angle measuring less than 90 degrees
obtuse anglean angle measuring more than 90 degrees
polygona closed figure made of line segments
equilateral trianglea triangle with 3 equal sides
isosceles trianglea triangle with at least 2 equal sides
scalene trianglea triangle with no equal sides
right trianglea triangle with one right angle
acute trianglea triangle with 3 acute angles
obtuse trianglea triangle with 1 obtuse angle
quadrilaterala polygon with 4 sides and 4 angles
squarea quadrilateral with 4 equal sides and 4 right angles
rectanglea quadrilateral with 4 right angles and opposite parallel sides the same length
parallelograma quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
rhombusa quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides and all sides are equal length
trapezoida quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides


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