Words from Mathematics and Geometry

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. axiom
    a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof
  2. billion
    one thousand million items or units in the United States
  3. center
    equally distant from the extremes
  4. chord
    a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously
  5. circle
    a plane curve with every point equidistant from the center
  6. circumference
    the length of the closed curve of a circle
  7. diameter
    the length of a straight line through the center of a circle
  8. diameter
    the length of a straight line through the center of a circle
  9. dodecahedron
    any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
  10. ellipse
    a closed plane curve with an oval shape
  11. googol
    a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros
  12. heptagon
    a seven-sided polygon
  13. hexagon
    a six-sided polygon
  14. line
    a length between two points
  15. million
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
  16. octagon
    a shape with eight angles and eight sides
  17. octillion
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros
  18. pentagon
    a shape with five angles and five sides
  19. point
    a geometric element that has position but no extension
  20. polygon
    a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
  21. polyhedron
    a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
  22. quadrillion
    (U.S.) the number that is represented as a 1 followed by 15 zeros
  23. quintillion
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
  24. radius
    a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle
  25. rectangle
    a parallelogram with four right angles
  26. secant
    a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
  27. septillion
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
  28. sextillion
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros
  29. square
    a polygon with four equal sides and four right angles
  30. tangent
    a line that touches a curve at only one point
  31. tetrahedron
    any polyhedron having four plane faces
  32. theorem
    an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
  33. trapezium
    a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
  34. trillion
    the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
  35. vertex
    the point of intersection of lines
  36. zillion
    a very large indefinite number
  37. rhombus
    a parallelogram with four equal sides
  38. frustum
    a truncated cone or pyramid
  39. focus
    a fixed point on the concave side of a conic section
Created on Wed Feb 13 09:05:26 EST 2013 (updated Wed Feb 13 09:10:08 EST 2013)

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