Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Geometry Vocabulary Definitions

Introduction of vocabulary definitions in geometry:

The word Geometry comes from Greek which means earth and metron. Metron means measurement. It applies in many things such as surveying, astronomy, navigation and building. Geometry is actually called as Euclidean geometry because he was written accurately about Geometry.

Geometry is all about of angles and triangles, perimeter, area and volume of different shapes. The following terms are used in geometry.

Lines:    In geometry if A and B are the two points in the plane. There is only one line AB containing the points. The region where two points connects via the shortest path and continues indefinitely in both the directions is referred as a line.

Line segments:   Line segment is a part of line between two points. The line Segments that intersect at an angle of 90° is called Perpendicular line segments and the line segments that never intersect are known as parallel line segments.

Angles:   An angle is an inclination between two rays with the same initial point.

Perpendicular line segments: If a line segments that intersect or cross at an angle of 90°. Then is it known as perpendicular line segments.
Parallel line segments:     If a line segments that never intersect or they can always in the same distance apart is known as parallel line segments.


Parallelogram:   The opposite sides are equal and parallel and opposite angles are equal. The diagonals are bisect to each other.

Rectangle:     Their opposite sides are equal and parallel with the angles are equal to 90°..

Geometry vocabulary definitions:


Here are some definitions from geometry vocabulary

Acute angle               – It is an angle measures between zero and 90 degrees
Base                         – It is the  top and bottom equal polygonal     faces
Center                       –  A point in the middle of the circle or sphere
Circle                        – It is a 2-D figure.
Circumference circle   – It means perimeter of a circle
Chord:                       Chord is a line segment joining two points on a curve.

Arc:                     Part of a curve is referred as an arc.

Concentric circles:         Circles having the same center but different radii are called concentric circles.

Intersecting circles:         Two circles are said to be intersecting when they cut at two different points.

Touching circles:        In geometry two circles are said to touch one another if they meet only at one point. The point at which they touch one another is called the point of contact.

Complementary angles  – It is Two or more angles which sum to 90    degrees
Cone                           – It is a 3-D figure with a circular
Congruent                  – It is about of the same size and shape
Corresponding angles– The congruent angles drawn by two parallel lines cut by a  transversal line.
Cylinder                        – vocabulary definitions:- It is a 3-D figure with circular
Diagonal                       – It is a line segment connecting two
Non-adjacency vertices of a polygon

Equilateral triangle        – :- It is a triangle with three equal sides
Isosceles triangle            – It is a triangle with two equal sides or angles.

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Here are some of the important definitions of geometry vocabulary :

Obtuse angle                     – It is an angle measures between 90 to 180 degrees
Parallel lines                      – Here the lines which never intersect in a plane
Perimeter                            – It means the total distance around a 2-D figure
The Perpendicular line       – It meets at a 90 degree angle
Radius                                 – It is the distance from the center of a  circle
Rhombus                           – It is a quadrilateral with four equal sides
Right angle                        – It is an angle meets exactly 90 degrees
Right triangle                    – It is one kind of  a triangle with one right angle or 90 degrees
Scalene triangle               – It is one kind of a triangle with three sides of unequal lengths
Square                                – It is a quadrilateral with all equal  sides and all equal angles
Straight angle                   – It meets exactly 180 degrees and makes a straight line
Supplementary angles   – -It defined as two or more angles which sum to 180 degrees
Transversal                       –  It is a line which crosses a pair of parallel lines

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