GEOMETRY PARK · THE KIT

Glossary

Forty terms, survey-kit plain.
pointa location with no size
linea straight path running forever both ways
planea flat surface running forever
angletwo rays sharing an endpoint
vertexthe corner where the rays meet
congruentsame size and same shape
similarsame shape, scaled
parallellines that never meet
perpendicularlines meeting at a right angle
transversala line crossing two others
polygona closed figure of straight sides
quadrilaterala four-sided polygon
diagonala corner-to-corner segment inside a polygon
hypotenusethe side across from the right angle
altitudea height drawn at a right angle
bisectora cutter into two equal parts
circumferencethe distance around a circle
radiuscenter to edge
diameteredge to edge through the center
chorda segment with both ends on the circle
tangenta line touching a circle at exactly one point
inscribeddrawn inside, touching the boundary
volumethe space a solid holds
surface areathe total area of every face