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3rd Grade Vocabulary

Angle – a figure formed by two line segments or rays that share the same end point.
Acute angle – an angle that is smaller than a right angle.
Obtuse angle – an angle that is larger than a right angle but smaller than a straight angle.
Right angle – an angle that forms a square corner.
Acute triangle – a triangle with three acute angles
Obtuse triangle – a triangle with one obtuse angle
Right triangle – a triangle with one right angle.
Equilateral triangle – a triangle with 3 equal, or congruent, sides.
Isosceles triangle – a triangle with 2 equal, or congruent sides.
Scalene triangle – a triangle with no equal, or congruent, sides.
Rectangle – parallelogram, opposite sides congruent, 4 corners are right angles
Rhombus – parallelogram, 4 congruent sides
Square – parallelogram, 4 equal sides, 4 right angles.
Parallelogram – quadrilateral, opposite sides are congruent and parallel.
Quadrilateral – a shape with 4 sides.
Line of symmetry – a line that separates a figure into 2 congruent parts.
Symmetric – when a figure has a line of symmetry.
Symmetry when one half of a figure looks like the mirror image of the other half.