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Geometric Construction Terms
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09/25/2013

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Acute Angle
Definition
an angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees
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Obtuse Angle
Definition
an angle between 90 and 180 degrees
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Right Angle
Definition
an angle of 90°
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Vertex
Definition
each angular point of a polygon, polyhedron, or other figure
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Radius
Definition
a straight line from the center to the circumference of a circle or sphere
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Diameter
Definition
straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure
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Circumference
Definition
the enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure
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Concentric
Definition
of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes that share the same center, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller.
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Chord
Definition
a straight line joining the ends of an arc.
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Quadrant
Definition
each of four quarters of a circle.
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Hypotenuse
Definition
the longest side of a right triangle, opposite the right angle.
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Equilateral Triangle
Definition
a three-sided regular polygon
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Scalene Triangle
Definition
a triangle with no two sides of equal length
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Isosceles Triangle
Definition
a triangle with two equal sides
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Right Triangle
Definition
a triangle with a right angle.
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Square
Definition
a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.
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Rectangle
Definition
a plane figure with four straight sides and four right angles, esp. one with unequal adjacent sides, in contrast to a square.
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Trapezoid
Definition
a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides.
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Rhombus
Definition
a parallelogram with opposite equal acute angles, opposite equal obtuse angles, and four equal sides.
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Rhomboid
Definition
a quadrilateral of which only the opposite sides and angles are equal.
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Pentagon
Definition
a plane figure with five straight sides and five angles.
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Hexagon
Definition
a plane figure with six straight sides and angles.
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octagon
Definition
a plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles.
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Prism
Definition
a solid geometric figure whose two end faces are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.
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Cylinder
Definition
a solid geometric figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval section.
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Cone
Definition
a solid or hollow object that tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point.
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Sphere
Definition
a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center.
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Pyramid
Definition
a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon of any number of sides, and the other faces are triangles with a common vertex.
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Torus
Definition
a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, esp. a circle, around a line that lies in the same plane but does not intersect it
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Circumscribe
Definition
draw (a figure) around another, touching it at points but not cutting it.
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Inscribe
Definition
draw (a figure) within another so that their boundaries touch but do not intersect.
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Bisect
Definition
divide into two parts.
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Tangent
Definition
a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.
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Parallel
Definition
side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
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Perpendicular
Definition
at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.
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