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Geometry Vocabulary
geometry vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The size a surface takes up measured in square units | Area |
| Amount of a space occupied by a 3D object measured in cubic units | Volume |
| A flat shape which can be folded up into a 3D solid | Net |
| Total area of the surface of a 3D object measured in square units | Surface area |
| A point where: two or more rays or arms of an angle meet, the adjacent sides of a polygon meet or the edges of a solid figure meet; point at the top of a cone pyramid | Vertex |
| A solid shape with a polygon as a base and triangular faces that taper to a point (vertex or apex) | Triangular pyramid |
| A polyhedron, a prism with two identical triangular bases | Triangular prism |
| A plane containing two perpendicular axes (x&y) intersecting at a point called the origin (0.0) position denoted using pairs of coordinates .eg (2,4) | Coordinate plane |
| A quadrilateral with opposite sides that are parallel and of equal length & opposite angles that are equal | Parallelogram |
| A method of subtraction | Decomposition |
| A parallelogram with four equal sides and equal opposite angles | Rhombus |
| A polygon with four sides | Quadrilateral |
| A solid shape with a rectangle as a base and triangular faces that taper a tower | Rectangular pyramid |
| a polyhedron- a prism with two identical rectangular bases | Rectangular prism |