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Polygon Properties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Square | 4 sides of equal length, 4 right angles, 2 pair of parallel sides, quadrilateral, parallelograms |
| rectangle | 4 sides, opposite sides are equal length, 4 right angles, 2 pair of parallel sides, quadrilateral, parallelograms |
| rhombus | 4 sides of equal length, 4 angles (may be right angles , but not always), 2 pair of parallel sides, parallelograms |
| parallelogram | 2 pairs of parallel sides, quadrilateral |
| Quadrilateral | polygon with 4 sides |
| trapezoid | 1 pair of parallel sides , quadrilateral |
| right trapezoid | 1 pair of parallel sides , quadrilateral, 1 right angle |
| kite | 2 pairs of equal sides, equal sides are next to each other, quadrilateral, |
| isosceles trapezoid | 1 pair of sides of equal length, 1 pair of parallel sides, quadrilateral |
| congruent | same size, same shape |
| parallel | lines that never cross or meet no matter how far they can be extended |
| polygon | 2-dimensional figure that is made of 3 or more line segments joined end to end to make a closed figure. These lines may not cross. |