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Details Title: Geometry Vocab Description: MAth Total Flash Cards: 26 Created: 03/15/2005 19:22:19	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term RECTANGLE Definition PARALLELOGRAM WITH FOUR RIGHT ANGLES Term TRANSLATION Definition CHANGE IN POSITION THAT MOVES A FIGURE UP, DOWN, OR OVER. Term ANGLE Definition TWO RAYS WITH A COMMON ENDPOINT CALLED A VERTEX Term QUADRILATERAL Definition POLYGON WITH FOUR SIGES Term REFLECTION Definition PRODUCES A MIRROR IMAGE OF A FIGURE Term LINE SEGMENT Definition PART OF A LINE HAVING TWO END POINTS Term PARALLELOGRAM Definition QUADRILATERAL WITH EACH PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDES PARALLEL AND CONGRUENT Term DECAGON Definition POLYGON WITH TEN SIDES Term LINE Definition ENDLESS COLLECTION OF POINTS ALONG A STRAIGHT PATH (NO ENDPOINTS) Term PENTAGON Definition POLYGON WITH FIVE SIDES Term ROTATION Definition ROTATES A FIGURE AROUND A POINT Term NONAGON Definition POLYGON WITH NINE SIDES Term INTERSECTING LINES Definition HAVE EXACTLY ONE POINT IN COMMON Term PERPENDICULAR LINES Definition TWO LINES THAT INTERSECT AT RIGHT ANGLES Term RHOMBUS Definition PARALLELOGRAM WITH ALL SIDES CONGRUENT Term CIRCLE Definition A CLOSED PLANE FIGURE (ALL POINTS OF THIS FIGURE ARE THE SAME DISTANCE FROM A POINT CALLED THE CENTER) Term HEXAGON Definition POLYGON WITH SIX SIDES Term SQUARE Definition RECTANGLE WITH ALL SIDES CONGRUENT Term RAY Definition PART OF A LINE THAT HAS ONE ENDPOINT AND GOES ON AND ON IN ONE DIRECTION Term PARALLEL LINES Definition LINES IN THE SAME PLANE THAT NEVER INTERSECT Term POINT Definition AN EXACT LOCATION IN SPACE Term TRIANGLE Definition POLYGON WITH THREE SIDES Term OCTOGON Definition POLYGON WITH EIGHT SIDES Term POLYGON Definition CLOSED PLANE FIGURE WITH LINE SEGMENTS AS SIDES Term TRAPEZOID Definition QUADRILATERAL WITH ONLY ONE PAIR OF OPPOSITE LINES Term HEPTAGON Definition POLYGON WITH SEVEN SIDES