Essential Math Vocabulary: Geometry, List 2

This list focuses on polygons, plane curves, and three-dimensional surfaces.
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  1. altitude
    the perpendicular distance from the base of a figure
  2. base
    the bottom side of a geometric figure
  3. cone
    a shape with a circular base and sides tapering to a point
  4. cube
    a three-dimensional figure with six equal squares as faces
  5. cylinder
    a solid bounded by a round surface and two parallel planes
  6. ellipse
    a closed plane curve with an oval shape
  7. hexagon
    a six-sided polygon
  8. hyperbola
    an open, symmetrical plane curve with two branches
  9. parabola
    a symmetrical, approximately U-shaped curve
  10. parallel
    being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  11. parallelogram
    a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal
  12. perpendicular
    intersecting at or forming right angles
  13. polygon
    a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
  14. prism
    a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces
  15. pyramid
    a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides
  16. rectangle
    a parallelogram with four right angles
  17. rhombus
    a parallelogram with four equal sides
  18. sphere
    a solid figure bounded by a round surface
  19. square
    a polygon with four equal sides and four right angles
  20. trapezoid
    a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides
  21. vertex
    the point of intersection of lines
Created on Tue Jul 13 11:00:07 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Jul 13 13:20:11 EDT 2021)

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