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Shapes & Designs
CMP: Shapes & Designs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angle | The opening between two straight lines that meet at a vertex. |
| degree | A unit of measure |
| diagonal | A line segment connecting two non-adjacent vertices of a polygon. |
| equilateral triangle | A triangle with all three sides the same length. |
| isosceles triangle | A triangle with two sides the same length. |
| parallel lines | Lines that never meet no matter how long they are extended. |
| parallelogram | A quadrilateral in which both pairs of opposite sides are equal and parallel. |
| polygon | A closed, flat (two-dimensional) shape whose sides are formed by line segments. |
| properties of shapes | Characteristics of shapes that are always valid. |
| quadrilateral | A polygon with four sides, as shown below. |
| rectangle | A parallelogram with all right angles. |
| regular polygon | A polygon that has all of its sides equal and all of its angles equal. |
| rhombus | A quadrilateral that has all sides the same length. |
| right angle | An angle that measures 90 degrees. |
| square | A rectangle with all sides equal. |
| tiling | Also called a tessellation. |
| trapezoid | A quadrilateral with one pair of opposite sides parallel. |
| vertex | The corners of a polygon. |