Unit 4: Polygons

triangle

A polygon with three sides.

square

A quadrilateral with four congruent sides and four right angles.

perimeter

Sum of the lengths of all the sides.

kite

A quadrilateral that has two pairs of adjacent sides that are the same length.

diagonal

A line segment connecting any two nonadjacent vertices of a polygon.

convex

Every line segment connecting interior points that is entirely contained with the figure's interior.

parallelogram

A quadrilateral that has two pairs of opposite sides that are parallel.

rectangle

A quadrilateral with four right angles.

trapezoid

A quadrilateral that has only one pair of opposite sides that are parallel.

equilateral triangle

A triangle with three congruent sides.

polygon

A closed plane figure for which all sides are line segments.

scalene triangle

A triangle with all three sides of different lengths.

concave

A shape or solid which has a "cave" in it.

congruent

Shapes that has the same size.

isosceles triangle

A triangle with two congruent sides.

regular polygon

A polygon whose sides and angles are congruent.

n-gon

A polygon with n sides.

dodecagon

A polygon with 12 sides.

decagon

A polygon with 10 sides.

consecutive sides

Two sides that are adjacent and one after the other.

quadrilateral

A four-sided polygon.

rhombus

A parallelogram with 4 congruent sides.

hexagon

A polygon with 6 sides.

pentagon

A polygon with 5 sides.

octagon

A polygon with 8 sides.

consecutive angles

Two angles that are adjacent and one after the other.

septagon

A polygon with 7 sides.

nonagon

A polygon with 9 sides.