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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| area | the measure of the interior surface of a two dimensional figure |
| center | the point from which all points on a circle are the same distance |
| circle | the set of all points in a plane that are the same distance from a given point called the center |
| circumference | the distance around a circle |
| composite figure | a figure that is made up of two or more figures |
| diameter | the distance across a circle |
| face | a flat surface of a polyhedron |
| lateral face | in a polyhedron a face that is not a base |
| pi | the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, the Greek letter represents this number, the value of pi is 3.1415926 |
| prism | a polyhedron with two parallel congruent faces called bases |
| pyramid | a polyhedron with one base that is a polygon and three or more triangular faces that meet at a common vertex |
| radius | the distance from the center of a four sides and four angles |
| regular pyramid | a pyramid whose base is a regular polygon and in which the segment from the vertex to the center of the base is the altitude |
| semicircle | half of a circle |
| slant height | the height of each lateral face |
| surface area | the sum of the area of all the surfaces of a three dimensional figure |
| volume | the number of cubic units needed to fill the space occupied by a solid |