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Acute
A triangle with ALL three angles being acute angles
Triangle:
Adjacent: Next to. You can have two building adjacent to each other.
Adjacent
Angles that are IMMEDIATELY next to each other.
Angles:
Adjacent
Sides that are IMMEDIATELT next to each other.
Sides:
When you arrange items in a straight line. You can allign edges
Align:
or even center points of shapes.
Alternate Angles opposite each other created by drawing one line accross
Angles: two others.
Altitude of The Perpendicular distance from the vertex of the shape to It's
Shape: base line.
Angle
A line that divides an angle into two equal parts.
Bisector:
Axis of
This is the line that diviedes symmetrical objects in half.
Symmetry:
Closed Curve: Any curve where it joins itself at its starting point.
Colinear points: Three or more points that lie on the same line.
Compass
An instrument used to create circles.
(construction):
Complimentary
Two angles whose sum EQUALS 90 degrees
angle:
Concave
A quadrilateral with at least one reflex angle.
quadrilateral:
Concave
Any polygon with at least one reflex angle.
Polygon:
Concentric
Circles different in size, but share a center point.
Circle:
Congruent
A congruent figure has all equal sides and all equal angles.
figures:
Converging lines: Lines that all head in the direction of the same point.
Corresponding Angles that have the same position created by one line
angles: intersecting two or more parallel lines.
Counter
Same as anti clockwise.
Clockwise:
Cross Section: The face that results when a solid shape is cut.
Equilateral
A triangle whose sides are all the same length.
Triangle:
One of two equal parts. When an object is cut in two equal parts,
Half:
each porting is one half.
Where lines cross one another. The point the lines have in
Intersect:
common is called the point of intersection.
A shape which does not have all sides equal and all angles
Irregular:
equal.
Isometric Paper created with dots (dot paper) or grids (grid paper) to
paper: assist with isometric drawings.
Isosceles A triangle that has two sides equal in length. Its base angles
triangle: are equal.
A plane shape with two sets of equal lines, and one set of equal
Kite:
angles.
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Oblique Prism: A prism with bases not aligned directly above one another.
Obtuse angle: Any angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
Order of How many times an outline matches its original during one
rotation: full rotation.
Perpendicular
A line that meets a line segment at 90 degrees AND bisects it.
Bisector:
Reflex angle: Any angle between 180 degrees and 360 degrees.
Scalene Triangle: A triangle where all three sides are different in length
Square: A quadrilateral with four equal sides, and four right angles.
Supplementary
Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees.
angle:
Tessellation: Patterns created from shapes that fit together with no gaps.
Three-
Has three dimensions - length, breadth and height.
Dimensional:
Find your Geometry Definition - For any word starting with U-V
Uniform cross When the cross section of a solid results in the same size at its
section: base.
Vertically
Directly opposite.
Opposite: