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Topic 11 Part 2
Two Dimensional Shapes and Their Attributes Lessons 3-9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| polygon | A closed figure made up of line segments |
| side | A line segment that forms part of a polygon |
| vertex of a polygon | The point where two sides of a polygon meet. |
| diagonal | A line segment that connects two vertices of a polygon that are not next to each other. |
| triangle | A polygon with three sides. |
| quadrilateral | A polygon with four sides. |
| pentagon | A polygon with five sides. |
| hexagon | A polygon with six sides. |
| octagon | A polygon with eight sides. |
| decagon | A polygon with ten sides. |
| equilateral triangle | A triangle having three sides of the same length. |
| isosceles triangle | A triangle with at least two sides having the same length |
| scalene triangle | A triangle in which no sides have the same length. |
| right triangle | A triangle in which one angle is a right angle. |
| acute triangle | A triangle in which all three angles are acute angles. |
| obtuse triangle | A triangle in which one angle is an obtuse angle. |
| trapezoid | A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides. |
| parallelogram | A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. |
| rectangle | A special parallelogram with four right angles. |
| rhombus | A special parallelogram in which all sides are teh same length. |
| square | A special parallelogram with four right angles and all sides the same length. |