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Lesson 's Glossary: Acute triangle
A triangle whose angles are acute.
Altitude
Height
Altitude of a triangle
The perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the
opposite side of a triangle.
Angle bisector
A ray that is in the interior of an angle and forms two equal angles
with the sides of that angle.
CPCTC
Corresponding Parts of Congruent
Triangles are Congruent.
Equilateral triangle
A triangle whose sides are equal in length.
Isosceles triangle
A triangle with two sides of equal length.
Median
The segment connecting the vertex of an angle in a triangle to the
midpoint of the side opposite it.
Obtuse triangle
A triangle with one acute angle.
Perpendicular bisector
The bisector of a segment perpendicular to it.
Right triangle
A triangle that has a 90 degree angle.
Scalene triangle
A triangle with no equilateral sides.
Triangle
A polygon with three sides. |