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Canterbury Geometry Vocabulary Words

These are the terms and definitions that you should know for our geometry unit. There will be over 50 terms by the end of the unit.

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acute anglean angle with a measure between 0 and 90 degrees
right anglean angle with a measure of exactly 90 degrees
obtuse anglean angle with a measure between 90 degrees and 180 degrees
congruentequal in size or measure
acute trianglea triangle with all acute angles
obtuse trianglea triangle with one obtuse angle
right trianglea triangle with one right angle
scalene trianglea triangle with no congruent sides
isosceles trianglea triangle with at least two congruent sides
equilateral trianglea triangle with all three sides congruent
equiangular trianglea triangle with all three angles congruent
complementary anglestwo angles that add up to 90 degrees
supplementary anglestwo angles that add up to 180 degrees
adjacent anglestwo angles next to each other that share a common ray
vertical anglesopposite angles formed by intersecting lines
perpendicularmeeting to form right angles
parallel lineslines on the same plane that never intersect
skew lineslines on different planes that never intersect
alternate interior anglesangles on opposite sides of a transversal, inside parallel lines
corresponding anglesangles in same relative position formed by a transversal and parallel lines
pointa location in space
linea collection of points determined by two points, extending infinitely in opposite directions
line segmentpart of a line bounded by endpoints
raya half line, bounded on one end and extending infinitely on the other
angletwo rays with a common endpoint
vertexthe shared endpoint of the rays of an angle
collinearon the same line
non-collinearnot on the same line
straight anglean angle with a measure of exactly 180 degrees
reflex anglean angle with a measure between 180 degrees and 360 degrees
protractora tool for measuring angles
polygona flat, closed figure made up of line segments
concave polygona polygon with at least one diagonal outside the figure
convex polygona polygon with all diagonals inside the figure
diagonala line segment connecting non-adjacent vertices of a polygon
planea collection of points, determined by three non-collinear points, that extends infinitely in all directions
trianglea three-sided polygon
transversala line or segment that intersects parallel lines
quadrilateral (or quadrangle)a four-sided polygon
kitea quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent, congruent sides
trapezoida quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides
isosceles trapezoida trapezoid with non-parallel sides congruent
right trapezoida trapeziod with two right angles
parallelograma quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite, congruent sides
rectanglea parallelogram with all right angles
rhombusa parallelogram with all sides congruent
squarea parallelogram with congruent sides and all right angles
regular polygona polygon with all sides congruent and all angles congruent
midpointthe center point of a segment that divides it into two congruent parts
translationa "slide" rigid body movement
rotationa "turn" rigid body movement
reflectiona "flip" rigid body movement

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