Geometry Basics
Terms starting with S-T.

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Geometry Basics - Words starting with S-T

	Scale:	To enlarge or reduce.
	Scalene Triangle:	A triangle where all three sides are different in length
	Sector:	A section of a circle defined by two radii and an arc.
	Segment:	A section of a circle defined by a chord and an arc
	Semicircle:	Half a circle.
	Septa:	Prefix for 7.
	Septagon:	A seven sided septagon.
	Shape:	A form or outline of an object.
	Side:	The line or curve on the outside of a shape that joins the shapes vertices.
	Size:	How big or small something is.
	Solid:	A three dimensional shape.
	Solution:	Answer to a problem.
	Sphere:	A three dimensional solid that is perfectly round - a ball.
	Square:	A quadrilateral with four equal sides, and four right angles.
	Straight Angle:	Any angle that equals 180 degrees.
	Straight Line:	The shortest distance between two points.
	Supplementary angle:	Two angles whos sum is 180 degrees.
	Surface:	A set of points that define a space. A surface can be flat or curved.
	Surface area:	The total area of the surface of three dimensional object.
	Symmetry:	An object has symmetry when one half is a mirror image of the other.
	Tangent:	A straight line that touches a circle at only one point.
	Tangram:	A square cut into seven pieces.
	Tessellation:	Patterns created from shapes that fit together with no gaps.
	Tetrahedron:	A polyhedron with four triangular faces. It is one of the 5 platonic solids.
	Three-Dimensional:	Has three dimensions - lenght, breadth and height.
	Transformation:	A change in position or size. Can be created by, flipping, rotating, translating or enlarging.
	Translation:	Move an object in any direction without rotating it.
	Trapezium:	Quadrilateral with no parallel sides
	Tri:	Prefix for 3.
	Triangle:	Three sided polygon.
	Trianglular prism:	A prism whose base are two identical triangles and all other faces are rectangles.
	Turn:	Rotate around a fixed point.
	Turning symmetry:	Rotating an object about a point.
	Two-Dimensional:	Having only two dimensions - length and breadth.

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