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FOCA_8.1
Vocabulary for FOCA_8.1
Term | Definition |
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area | The number of square units needed to cover a surface. |
perimeter | The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon. |
volume | A measure of the amount of space enclosed by a three-dimensional figure. |
polygon | A closed figure formed by a finite number of coplanar segments called sides such that the sides have a common endpoint are noncollinear and each side intersects exactly two other sides, but only at their endpoints, called the vertices. |
height | In a triangle, the length of an altitude drawn to a given base of a triangle. |
altitude | In a triangle, a segment from a vertex of the triangle to the line containing the opposite side and perpendicular to that side. |