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Geometry
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4th Grade
04/10/2013

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acute angle
Definition
an angle that has a measure less than a right angle
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congruent figures
Definition
figures that have the same size and shape
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diameter
Definition
a line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle
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hexagon
Definition
a polygon with 6 sides and 6 angles
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intersecting lines
Definition
two lines that cross at exactly one point
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line
Definition
a straight path in a plane, extending in both directions with no endpoints
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line segment
Definition
a part of a line between two endpoints
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obtuse angle
Definition
an angle that has a measure greater than a right angle
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octagon
Definition
a polygon with 8 sides and 8 angles
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parallel lines
Definition
lines that stay exactly the same distance apart
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parallelogram
Definition
a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and congruent
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pentagon
Definition
a polygon with 5 sides and 5 angles
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perpendicular lines
Definition
two lines that intersect to form four right angles
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plane
Definition
a flat surface that extends without end in all directions
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point
Definition
the name of a location on an object and in space
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polygon
Definition
a closed plane figure with straight lines
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radius
Definition
a line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle
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ray
Definition
a part of a line that begins at one endpoint and extends forever in only one direction
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rectangle
Definition
a polygon with four sides and 4 right angles
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reflection
Definition
the result of a figure flipped over a line
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rhombus
Definition
a parallelogram with four congruent sides whose opposite angles are congruent
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right angle
Definition
an angle that forms a square corner and measures 90 degrees
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rotation
Definition
the action of turning a figure around a point or a vertex
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square
Definition
a polygon with four equal sides and four right angles
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symmetry
Definition
a figure has symmetry when it can be folded about a line so that its two parts are identical
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translation
Definition
the action of sliding a figure in any direction
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trapezoid
Definition
a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides
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triangle
Definition
a polygon with three sides and three angles
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vertex
Definition
the point at which two rays of an angle or two or more line segments meet in a plane figure, or where three or more sides meet in a solid figure
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