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Fifth Period Team 5
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25
Mathematics
8th Grade
02/28/2013

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Term
Altitude
Definition
Shortest distance between the base of a geometric figure and its top
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Height
Definition
The shortest distance between the base of a geometric figure and its top.
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Perimeter
Definition
The distance around the outside of a plane figure.For a polygon, the perimeter is the sum of the lengths of the sides.
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Circumference of a Circle
Definition
The distance around the outside of a circle
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Arc.
Definition
A connected section of the circumference of a circle
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Volume
Definition
The total amount of a space enclosed in a solid
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Surface Area
Definition
The total area of the exterior surface of a solid
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Edge
Definition
The edges where the faces intersect eachother
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Vertex
Definition
A corner point of a geometric figure
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Lateral Face
Definition
The face of a solid on its sides
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Face
Definition
One of the flat surfaces making up a polygon
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Prism
Definition
A solid with a parallel congruent bases which are both polygons
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Lateral Surface Area
Definition
The surface area of the lateral surface of a solid
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Surface Area of a Sphere
Definition
The total area of the exterior surface of a solid
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In Plane Geometry
Definition
The bottom of a figure
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Radius
Definition
A line segment between the center and a point on the circle or sphere
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Diameter
Definition

the longest chord, a line segment whose endpoints lie on the circle and which passes through the centre; 

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Area of a Rectangle
Definition
Area= Height x Width
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Prism Volume
Definition
Base x Height
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Volume of Pyramid
Definition
1/3 Base x Height
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Cylinder Volume
Definition
Base x Height
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Volume of Cone
Definition
1/3 Base x Height
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Volume of Sphere
Definition
Volume= 4/3 Pie3
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Centre of a Circle

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Definition

Centre: the point equidistant from all the points on the circumference.

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Chord: 

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Definition

a line segment whose endpoints lie on the circle.

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