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Unit 6 Geometry Voc
Definitions of geometry terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| parallel | lines in a plane that never meet |
| intersecting | to share a common point or points |
| line | one-dimensional straight path that extends forever in opposite directions |
| line segment | a part of a line between and including two endpoints |
| right angle | a 90 degree angle |
| closed figure | simple 2-dimensional figure, including shapes with straight and curved sides |
| diagonal | a straight line inside a shape that goes from one corner to another, but NOT an edge |
| kite | a quadrilaterial with two pairs of adjacent sides of equal length |
| parallelogram | a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides |
| perpendicular | at right angles to |
| point | an exact location in space, usually labeled with capital letters |
| quadrilateral | a four-sided polygon |
| vertex/vertices | the point at which the rays of an angle, the sides of a polygon, or the edges of a polyhedron meet. |
| circle | a curved figure where all points on the edge are the same distance from the center point |
| figure | a symbol or shape |
| property/attribute | a feature of an object or common feature of a set of objects |
| rectangle | quadrilateral, parallelogram, all right angle corners |
| rhombus/rhombi | quadrilateral with all equal sides |
| side | one of the line segments that make up a polygon, one of the rays that form an angle, or one of the faces of a polygon |
| square | quadrilateral with equal sides and four right angles |
| trapezoid | quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides |
| triangle | polygon with 3 sides |