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Geometry Terms Tada!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Triangle with two equal sides. | Isosceles |
| Ray that cuts an angle exactly in half. | Angle Bisector |
| Point of a triangle were the three medians meet. | Centroid |
| Point of a triangle where the three perpendicular bisectors meet. | Circumcenter |
| If I am hungry, then I eat an apple. If I eat an apple, then I am hungry. <--- | Converse |
| All sides ar the same length | Equilateral |
| The side opposite of the right angle of a right triangle. | Hypotenuse |
| Where the three angle bisectors of a triangle meet. | Incenter |
| One dimensional; continues forever. | Line |
| Line halfway up a triangle that is parallel and half the size of the opposite side. | Midline |
| Point where three altitudes of a triangle meet. | Orthocenter |
| Lines on the same plane that never intersect. | Parallel |
| Line that goes through the midpoint of a line segment. | Perpendicular Bisector |
| Represented by a dot. | Point |
| Two dimensional figure that is made of straight line segments that touch two other line segments, and is closed. | Polygon |
| a2 + b2 = c2. | Pythagorean Therom |
| Polygon with four sides. | Quadrilateral |
| Polygon that has equal sides and angles. | Regular |
| Three different sides. | Scalene |
| Two polygons with congruent angles and proportional sides. | Similar |
| Proven mathematical fact. | Therom |
| Point where two sides of a polygon meet. | Vertex |
| Point at one end and continuous on the other. | Ray |
| ([x1+x2]/2,[y1+y2]/2) | Midpoint Formula |
| Line segment showing the lowest point to the highest point of a triangle. | Altitude |