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CV4 Geometry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute Angle | An angle that measures LESS than 90° |
| Obtuse Angle | An angle that measures greater than 90° and less than 180° |
| Right Angle | An angle that measures 90° |
| Straight Angle | An angle that measures exactly 180° |
| Complementary Angles | Two angles that have TOTAL of 90° |
| Supplementary Angles | A pair that have a sum of 180° |
| Adjacent Angles | Angles that are NEXT to each other; have a common vertex and common side, but do not overlap. |
| Angle | A figure that is formed by two rays or line segments with a common endpoint. |
| Degree | A unit of measure for angles based on dividing a circle into 360 equal parts. |
| Intersect | lines that meet or cross |
| Line | A straight path that goes on forever in both directions. |
| Line segment | A straight path with two endpoints. |
| Perpendicular | Lines cross or meet at right angles. |
| Point | An exact location in space. |
| Protractor | a tool that is used to measure and draw angles. |
| Ray | A straight path that starts at one endpoint and goes on forever in one direction. |
| Vertex | The point, where the sides of an angle or polygon meet. |
| Parallel | Lines that are the same distance apart, and never cross |
| Trapezoid | A quadrilateral with exactly ONE pair of parallel sides |
| Square | A rectangle with four equal sides |
| Rectangle | A parallelogram with four right angles |
| Rhombus | A quadrilateral with four equal sides |
| Quadrilateral | a polygon with four sides |
| Kite | a quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent, equal-length sides |
| Line of symmetry | a line that divides a figure into two parts that are mirror images of each other |
| Parallelogram | a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel lines |