ABCs of Geometry

Emily Coleman
4-5-11, Ms. Brown 2B

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1: A
2: B
3: C
4: D
5: E
6: F
7: G
8: H
9: I
10: J
11: K
12: L
13: M

Page 14: N
Page15: O
Page 16: P
Page 17: Q
Page 18: R
Page 19: S
Page 20: T
Page 21: U
Page 22: V
Page 23: W
Page 24: X
Page 25: Y
Page 26: Z
Page 27: Reflection

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Acute angle: an angle

whose degree measure is
less than 90

Angle bisector: the ray,

QS, is the bisector of <PQS
= <RQS

B
Base angle: the angle
opposite one of the
equilateral sides in an
isosceles triangle

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Base: the side of an
isosceles triangle whose
endpoints are the vertices
of the base angle.

page 3

Circumference: the limit of

the perimeters of the
inscribed regular polygons
as the number of sides

congruent: equilateral,
equal, exactly the same
(shape and size)

page 4

Diagonal: a segment
in a polygon whose
endpoints are 2
nonconsecutive
vertices.

Decagon: a ten-sided
polygon

page 5

Equilateral triangle: a
triangle whose sides are
equal in length

Exterior angles: angles

outside of two lines cut by
a transversal

F
Figure: a set of points

page 6
Family tree: hierarchy tower
pyramid of power or
importance

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Geometric probability:
involves using the principles of
length and area to find the
probability of an event

Graph theory: the

mathematics of complicated
networks

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Harmonic mean: two times the

product divided by the sum of
the two number

Hypotenuse: the side opposite

the right angle in a right
triangle

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Isosceles triangle: a triangle

with two sides of equal length

Interior angles: angles

between two lines cut by a
transversal

page 10

Point J a specific point on a

line

Line J- a specific line in a

shape or graph

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Kite: a quadrilateral that had

two distinct pairs of
consecutive equilateral sides

Point K: a specific point on a

line.

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Linear pair: a pair of adjacent

angles whose no common
sides are opposite rays

Linear equation: an
equation that can be
written in the form
Ax+By=C where A,B, and
C are real numbers with A
and B are not both 0

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Median: the segment

connecting the vertex
of an angle in a
triangle to the
midpoint of the side
opposite it

Midpoint: the point M of AB

where AM=AB

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Nonagon: a nine-sided
polygon

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Non collinear points: points
that do not lie on the same line

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Octagon: an eight-sided
polygon

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Ordered pair: two numbers
that are used to identify a
point in a line written (x,y)

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Parallel lines: two or more

coplanar lines that have no
points in common or are
identical

Parallelogram: a quadrilateral
with both pairs of opposite
sides parallel

page 17

Quadrilateral: a four sided

polygon

Quadrant: one of the four

regions into which the two
perpendicular axes of a
coordinate plane divide the
plane

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Radius: the segment

whose endpoints are any
point on a circle or sphere
and its center the length of
that segment

Rhombus: a parallelogram
with four equilateral sides

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Scalene triangle: a triangle

with no equilateral sides

Supplementary angle: 2 angles

whose measures, when added
together equal 180 degrees

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Tetragon: a four sided polygon

Terminal side: the side that

the measurement of an angle
ends at

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Undecagon: an eleven-sided
polygon

Unit cube: unit measuring

volume

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Vertical angles: 2 angles that

share a common vertex and
whose sides form 2 lines

Vanishing point: the point in

space where two parallel lines
seem to meet

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Wedge: a polyhedron defined

by two triangles and three
trapezoid faces

Width: the linear extent or

measurement of something
from side to side

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X-axis: the horizontal number

line in a coordinate plane

X-coordinate: the first number

in an ordered pair

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Y-axis: the vertical number

line in a coordinate plane

Y-coordinate: the second

number in an ordered pair

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Zero dimensional: Having no

dimension meaning no point.

Point Z: a specific point on a

line.

Reflection ;

page 27

The amount of time I put into my ABC

Geometry project would be about 4 class
periods. I feel as if I should receive at lease a B.
The reason I feel this way is because I worked
very hard to make sure I had all the vocabulary
words Ive used over the year. I also put a lot of
time in making sure this PowerPoint had
everything I needed to include such as, Title
page, table of contents, 26-pages on the
alphabet, and also my reflection.