[[geometry:glossary]]

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 +====== Glossary of Geometry Terms ======
  
 +[b]area[/​b]—the two-dimensional surface included within a set of lines
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 +[b]axis[/​b]—a straight line that divides a shape symmetrically
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 +[b]circumference[/​b]—the outer boundary of a circle
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 +[b]constant[/​b]—a number that in a given mathematical situation doesn’t change
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 +[b]equilateral[/​b]—having all sides of equal length
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 +[b]irrational number[/​b]—a number that can’t be derived from dividing one ordinary whole number into another, and whose decimal continues without end and without repeating sequences
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 +[b]polygon[/​b]—a two-dimensional shape that’s closed (no gaps between lines) and made of straight lines; a [b]regular polygon[/b] is a polygon with all sides of the same length and all angles of equal size
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 +[b]radius[/​b]—a straight line from the center of a circle to its circumference,​ or from the center of a regular polygon to any of its vertices
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 +[b]ratio[/​b]—the size relationship between two numbers
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 +[b]square root[/​b]—to get the square of a number, multiply it by itself (3 squared = 3 x 3 = 9); the square root of a number is the value that, when squared, gives you that number (the square root of 9 = 3)
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 +[b]subset[/​b]—a smaller group within a larger group: for example, transcendental numbers are a subset of irrational numbers (all transcendental numbers are irrational numbers, but not all irrational numbers are transcendental numbers)
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 +[b]transcendental number[/​b]—a special class of irrational numbers that defy easy mathematical description
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 +[b]vertex[/​b] (plural [b]vertices[/​b])—the point at which two straight lines meet
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