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CV4 Geometry
Term | Definition |
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Acute Angle | An angle that measures LESS than 90° |
Obtuse Angle | An angle that measures greater than 90° and less than 180° |
Right Angle | An angle that measures 90° |
Straight Angle | An angle that measures exactly 180° |
Complementary Angles | Two angles that have TOTAL of 90° |
Supplementary Angles | A pair that have a sum of 180° |
Adjacent Angles | Angles that are NEXT to each other; have a common vertex and common side, but do not overlap. |
Angle | A figure that is formed by two rays or line segments with a common endpoint. |
Degree | A unit of measure for angles based on dividing a circle into 360 equal parts. |
Intersect | lines that meet or cross |
Line | A straight path that goes on forever in both directions. |
Line segment | A straight path with two endpoints. |
Perpendicular | Lines cross or meet at right angles. |
Point | An exact location in space. |
Protractor | a tool that is used to measure and draw angles. |
Ray | A straight path that starts at one endpoint and goes on forever in one direction. |
Vertex | The point, where the sides of an angle or polygon meet. |
Parallel | Lines that are the same distance apart, and never cross |
Trapezoid | A quadrilateral with exactly ONE pair of parallel sides |
Square | A rectangle with four equal sides |
Rectangle | A parallelogram with four right angles |
Rhombus | A quadrilateral with four equal sides |
Quadrilateral | a polygon with four sides |
Kite | a quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent, equal-length sides |
Line of symmetry | a line that divides a figure into two parts that are mirror images of each other |
Parallelogram | a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel lines |