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geometric construction terms
geometric terms
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9th Grade
10/01/2013

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acute angle
Definition
an angle less than 90 deg.
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obtuse angle
Definition
an angle more than 90 deg.
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right angle
Definition
an angle that is exactly 90 deg.
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vertex
Definition
where the two lines of an angle meet
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radius
Definition
the distince from the center of a circle to its edge
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diameter
Definition
the distance from one edge of a circle to the other through the center point
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circumference
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the distance around a circle, the circles rim
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concentric
Definition
two or more circles of different points that share the same center
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chord
Definition
line acros a circle that does not pass throgh the circles center
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quadrant
Definition
one fourth of aa circle
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hypotenuse
Definition
the side of a right triangle that is oppisite of the 90deg. angle
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equilateral triangle
Definition
all three sides and angles on a tringle are equal
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scalene triangle
Definition
a triangle with three different lengths and angles
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isosceles triangle
Definition
a triangle with two equal sides
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right triangle
Definition
a triangle with a 90 deg. angle
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sqare
Definition
all four sides and angles in a shape that are equal
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rectangle
Definition
oppisite sides are equal and all angles are equal
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trapezoid
Definition
two sides are parallel
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rhombus
Definition
equal sides oppisite angles are equal
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rhomboid
Definition
oppisite sides are equal oppisite angles are equal
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pentagon
Definition
a shape with five sides
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hexagon
Definition
a shape with six sides
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octagon
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a shape with eight sides
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prism
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a 3D rectangle
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cylinder
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a 3D cup like figure
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cone
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a 3D trisngle like figure with a circle base
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sphere
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a 3D circle
example: ball, globe
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pyramid
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a 3D triangle with a sqare base
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torus
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