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geometry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| line | a long narrow line or band |
| ray | Part of a line that has one endpoint and extends forever in one direction |
| parallel lines | In a plane,lines that never cross and stay the same distance apart. |
| perpendicular lines | Two lines that intersect to form square corners or right angle |
| point | An exact location in a space |
| line segment | Part of a line that has two endpoints |
| plane | An endless endpoint |
| angle | Two ray that have the same endpoint |
| acute angle | An angle whose measure is between 0* and 90* |
| right angle | An angle whose measure is 90* |
| obtuse angle | An angle whose measure is between 90* and 180* |
| straight angle | An angle measuring 180* |
| vertex | The point of a cone |
| protractor | An instrument used to measure and draw angles |
| degrees | A unit of measure for angles and temp |
| polygon | A closed plane figure made up of line segments |
| regular polygon | A polygon that has sides of equal length a angle of equal measure |
| 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 |
| equilateral triangle | A triangle whose sides are all equal |
| isosceles triangle | A triangle whose two sides are equal |
| scalene triangle | A triangle whose no sides are equal |
| right triangle | A triangle which one angle is a right angle |
| acute triangle | A triangle whose measure is between 0* and 90* |
| obtuse triangle | A triangle in which one angle is an obtuse angle |
| parallelogram | A quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel |
| trapezoid | A quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides |
| rectangle | A parallelogram with four right angles |
| rhombus | A parallelogram that has sides the same length |
| square | A rectangle with all sides the same length |
| generalization | A general statement |