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Lesson 's Glossary: Angle
Geometry shape formed by two rays (initial and ending sides of the angle) that share a common endpoint called the vertex. You may name an angle using the vertex, or a point in each ray and the vertex label in the center.
Concave polygon
If a polygon has diagonals that lie outside the polygon then the polygon is concave.
Convex polygon
A convex polygon is any polygon that is not concave.
Decagon
A ten-sided polygon.
Dodecagon
A twelve-sided polygon.
Heptagon
A seven-sided polygon.
Hexagon
A six-sided polygon.
irregular polygon
An irregular polygon is any polygon that is not regular.
N-gon
A polygon with n sides.
Nonagon
A nine-sided polygon.
Octagon
An eight-sided polygon.
Pentadecagon
A 15-sided polygon.
Pentagon
A five-sided polygon.
Polygon
A polygon is a two-dimensional geometric figure with these
characteristics: •
It is made of straight line segments.
Each segment touches exactly two other segments, one at each of its
endpoints.
It is closed -- it divides the plane into two distinct regions, one
inside and the other outside the polygon.
Regular polygon
A regular polygon has sides that are all the same length and angles
that are all the same size.
Quadrilateral
A four-sided polygon.
Septagon
A seven-sided polygon.
Side of a polygon
- a single segment from the union that forms a polygon.
Vertex of a polygon
An endpoint of a segment in a polygon.
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