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Chapter 8 geometry unit
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Mathematics
7th Grade
01/29/2010

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Straight angle
Definition

An angle whose measure is exactly 180 degrees

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Perpendicular lines
Definition

Two lines that intersect to form a right angle.

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Right angle
Definition

A trianglewith 1 right angle which is 90 degrees.

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Parallel lines
Definition

Two lines in the same plane that do not intersect.

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Supplementary angles
Definition

Two angles whose measures have the sum of 180 degrees.

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Acute angle
Definition

An angle whose measure is less than 90 degrees.

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Complementary angles
Definition

Two angles whose measures have the sum of 90 degrees.

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Obtuse angle
Definition

An angle whose measure is more than 90 but less than 180 degrees.

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Vertical angles
Definition

A pair of opposite angles formed when to lines meet at a point.

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Acute triangle
Definition

A triangle with 3 acute angles.

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Right triangle
Definition

A triangle with 1 right angle.

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Quadrilateral
Definition

A closed geometric figure made up of four sides.

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Obtuse triangle
Definition

A triangle with 1 obtuse angle.

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Trapezoid
Definition

A quadrilateral with exactly 1 pair of parallel lines.

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Equilateral triangle
Definition

A triangle with 3 equal sides.

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Isosceles triangle
Definition

A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides.

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Rhombus
Definition

A parallelogram with four congruent sides.

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Scalene triangle
Definition

A triangle with 0 congruent sides.

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Pentagon
Definition

A polygon with 5 sides.

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Hexagon
Definition

A polygon with 6 sides.

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Parallelogram
Definition

 A quadrilateral with both paires of opposite siddes parallel.

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Polygon
Definition

A closed geometric figure that consist of 3 or more sides.

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Regular polygon
Definition

A polygon with all sides equal in length.

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Congruent segments
Definition

SEgments with the exact same length.

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Congruent angles
Definition

Angles that have the same measure.

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Corresponding parts
Definition

Pairs of side and angles of polygons that are in the same position.

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Reflection
Definition

A transformation that creates a mirror image of each point of a figure

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Heptagon
Definition

A polygon with 7 sides.

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Octagon
Definition

A polygon with 8 sides.

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Transformation
Definition

An operation that changes a figure into another figure.

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