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Chapter 5 Terms
Vocab terms from Chap 5
Term | Definition |
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Bisect | divide into two parts. |
Circumscribe | draw (a figure) around another, touching it at points but not cutting it. |
Ellipse | a regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base. |
Geometric Construction | draw shapes, angles or lines accurately. These constructions use only compass, straightedge (i.e. ruler) and a pencil. |
Geometry | the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs. |
Inscribe | draw (a figure) within another so that their boundaries touch but do not intersect. |
object Snap | Osnaps allow you to snap onto a specific object location when you are picking a point. For example, using Osnaps you can accurately pick the end point of a line or the center of a circle. |
Parallel | (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them. |
Perpendicular | at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface. |
Polygon | a plane figure with at least three straight sides and angles, and typically five or more. |
Regular polygon | a regular polygon is a polygon that is equiangular and equilateral. |
vertex | each angular point of a polygon, polyhedron, or other figure. |