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Geometry Vocabulary

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planea flat surface that goes on forever
polygonany geometric figure with 3 or more sides
linea set of points that goes on forever in both directions
line segmentpart of a line;with 2 endpoints
raya set of points that has 1 endpoint and goes on forever in the opposite direction
angle2 rays that meet at 1 point form this
right anglean angle that is EXACTLY 90 degrees
acute anglean angle that is LESS than 90 degrees
obtuse anglean angle that is MORE than 90 degrees
arca curved line segment that runs along a circle's edge
parallel lines2 or more lines, on the same plane, that will never meet
perpendicular lines2 lines that meet or cross to form a 90 degree angle
perimeterthe distance around a polygon
circumferencethe distance around a circle
areathe number of "squares" inside a plane figure
diametera line that goes completely across a circle,through the centerpoint
radiusa line that goes 1/2 across a circle,from the centerpoint
chorda line that crosses through a circle, but not through the centerpoint
parallelogram4-sided polygon with opposite sides that are parallel
squarea parallelogram with 4 equal sides and four 90 degree angles
rhombusa parallelogram with 4 equal sides but NO 90 degree angles
rectanglea parallelogram with opposite sides equal, and four 90 degree angles
trapezoida 4-sided polygon with only 2 parallel sides
pentagona 5-sided polygon
hexagona 6-sided polygon
octagonan 8-sided polygon
protractoran instrument used to measure angles
compassan instrument used to draw circles
congruentequal measurements
circlea closed curve where the edges are an equal distance from the centerpoint
triangleany 3-sided figure
equilateral trianglea triangle with 3 equal sides
isosceles trianglea triangle with 2 equal sides
scalene trianglea triangle with NO equal sides
right trianglea triangle with one 90 degree angle
acute trianglea triangle with 3 acute angles
obtuse trianglea triangle with 1 obtuse angle


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