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G7 Geometry Vocabulary

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  • supplementary angles
    two angles that add up to 180 degrees.
  • vertical angles
    Whenever two lines cross or intersect each other, four angles are formed. Out of these, the angles opposite to each other are called vertical angles or vertical
  • complementary angles
    Two angles whose sum is 90°.
  • surface area
    The surface area of a solid object is a measure of the total area that the surface of the object occupies.
  • circumference
    The boundary line of a circle.
  • diameter
    any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.
  • cross-section
    a cutting or piece of something cut off at right angles to an axis
  • adjacent angles
    angles that have a common arm (side) and a common vertex, however, they do not overlap.
  • radius
    A line segment that joins the center of a circle with any point on its circumference.
  • Triangle Inequality Theorem
    the triangle inequality states that for any triangle, the sum of the lengths of any two sides must be greater than or equal to the length of the remaining side
  • volume
    a measure of regions in three-dimensional space.