Geometry Vocabulary

acute angle-an angle circle-the set of all coordinate plane-the diameter-the distance
measuring less than points in a plane that grid system in which across the widest part
90 degrees are a given distance the x-axis and y-axis of a circle; twice the
from a given point provide reference radius; also defined as
points a chord that passes
through the center of
a circle
angle-the turn or bend cube-a three-
between two dimensional object
intersecting lines, line circumference-the with 6 square faces
segments, rays, or distance around the
planes edge of a circle.
dilation- shrinking or
closed figure-the stretching the figure
boundary of a simple
two-dimensional
angle bisector-an region, including
angle bisector is a ray shapes with straight cylinder- three-
that cuts an angle and curved sides dimensional figure
exactly in half, with a curved surface
making two equal and two circular bases
angles edge- a line segment
at the intersection of
45 cone- three- two faces of a
dimensional figure polyhedron
45 with a curved surface,
a circular base and
one apex (point) degree-a unit of
attribute- a measure of angles;
characteristic of an there are 360 degrees
object, such as color, in a circle equiangular
shape, or size triangle- a triangle
which all angles are
base-a face or surface diagonal- for a congruent
(3-D object) or a side congruent- geometric polygon in the plane,
(2-D objects) figures having the any line segment
considered as the same size and shape; joining non-adjacent
bottom part, or all corresponding vertices.
foundation of a parts of congruent
geometric figure; used figures have the same equilateral triangle-
for the purpose of measure a triangle which all
measurement the sides are
congruent.

base
face- a polygonal line-one of the three octagon- a polygon plane-one of the three
region of a three- undefined figures in with eight sides undefined figures in
dimensional figure geometry, a line has geometry, a plane is a
no thickness, is flat expanse, like a
perfectly straight, and sheet of paper, that
goes on forever in goes on forever
both directions; two
points determine a one-dimensional- a
heptagon- a polygon unique line figure that has length plane figure-any two
with seven sides but no width or dimensional figure
height.

point-one of the three

line of symmetry-a undefined figures in
line over which a parallel lines- Lines geometry, a point is a
hexagon- A polygon figure can be that lie in the same location with no
with six sides reflected, resulting in plane and never meet. length, width, and
a figure that looks Also, planes lying in height.
exactly like the space that never meet.
original
polygon-a two-
dimensional closed
intersecting lines- figure made up of
lines that meet or parallelogram-a straight line segments.
cross quadrilateral with
both pairs of opposite
sides parallel.
line segment-a finite
portion of a line, often
isosceles triangle-a denoted by its end
triangle having two points polyhedron-a three-
sides, called the legs, dimensional closed
of equal length pentagon- a polygon figure made up of
with five sides faces that are all
net- a blueprint, or polygons
pattern, for a three
dimensional model. prism- a three-
dimensional figure
perpendicular lines- with parallelogram
kite-a quadrilateral lines in the same faces and two parallel,
with two pairs of obtuse angle-an angle plane which intersect congruent bases
adjacent sides with measuring between 90 to form a right angle.
equal lengths. and 180 degrees

pyramid- a geometric rectangular prism- a rhombus- a similar-two or more
solid with a base that three-dimensional quadrilateral in which figures having the
is a polygon and all figure with all sides have the same shape but not
other faces are parallelogram faces same length necessarily the same
triangles with a and two parallel, size
common vertex congruent rectangular
bases.

 right angle- an angle

measuring 90 degrees
quadrilateral-a rectangular slide- see translation
polygon with four pyramid- a geometric
sides solid with a base that
is a rectangle and all solid figure- a closed,
other faces are three dimensional
triangles with a figure
common vertex rotation (turn)- a
radius-the distance transformation sphere-the set of all
from the center of a obtained by rotating a points in three-
circle to any point on figure around a fixed dimensional space
its edge; half a point (i.e., turning a that are located at a
diameter figure about a point). given distance from
reflection (flip)-a the center
transformation which
produces the mirror
image of a figure (i.e.,  
flipping a figure
ray-a portion of a line across a line) square- a regular
extending in one scalene- a polygon is quadrilateral (all sides
direction from a point scalene if its sides are and angles are
all different lengths congruent)

rectangle-a
quadrilateral in which regular polygon- a
all the angles have the polygon in which all symmetry- a figure
same measure (90 angle and all sides are side- a line segment at has symmetry if there
degrees) congruent; examples- the boundary of a exists some line or
equilateral triangle, polygon point through which
square, regular all points of the figure
octagon can be reflected to
generate another point
on the figure
tessellation- covering triangular prism- a
of the plane, three-dimensional
sometimes referred to figure with
as a tiling, referring to parallelogram faces
the way that tiles and two parallel,
cover a floor congruent triangular
bases


three-dimensional-
an object that has triangular pyramid -
length, width, and a geometric solid with
height a base that is a
triangle and all other
transformation- a faces are triangles
rule for moving every with a common vertex
point in a plane figure
to a new location

translation (slide)- a
transformation that
slides a figure a given
 
turn- see rotation
distance in a given
direction two-dimensional- a
figure that has length
and width but not
height (i.e., a plane
figure such as a
rectangle or circle)

vertex (vertices)- the

trapezoid (inclusive) points where two line
- a quadrilateral with segments come
at least one set of together (corner
parallel sides.

triangle- a polygon
with three sides