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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Congruent | The same shape and size |
| Parellel | extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging |
| Perpendicular | Lines that are at right angles (90°) to each other |
| Triangle | A 3-sided polygon |
| Quadrilateril | A flat shape with four straight sides |
| Parallelogram | A 4-sided flat shape with straight sides where opposite sides are parallel |
| Trapezoid | A 4-sided flat shape with straight sides that has a pair of opposite sides parallel |
| Square | A 4-sided flat shape with straight sides where all sides have equal length, and every angle is a right angle (90°) |
| Rectangle | A 4-sided flat shape with straight sides where all interior angles are right angles (90°) |
| Rhombus | A 4-sided flat shape with straight sides where all sides have equal length |
| Face | A flat surface of a polygon |
| Egde | A line segment where two faces meet a solid figure |
| Vertices | A point where two or more straight lines meet |
| Cube | A box-shaped solid object that has six identical square faces |
| Prism | A solid object that has two identical ends and all flat sides. |
| Cylinder | A solid object with two identical flat ends that are circular or elliptical and one curved side. It has the same cross-section from one end to the other. |
| Cone | A solid (3-dimensional) object that has a circular base and one vertex |
| Pyramid | solid object where the base is a polygon the sides are triangles which meet at the top |
| Volume | The amount of 3-dimensional space an object occupies. Capacity |
| Cubic Unit | Volume of the solids is measured in Cubic Units |