Geometry

Geometry

Geometry is the branch of mathmatics concerned with the shape, size, angles and properties of space.

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circumference

Mathematics; Geometry

The perimeter of a circle or the line that forms the circle is called its circumference.

clockwise

Mathematics; Geometry

In orientation, the direction in which the points are named when, if traveling along the line, the interior of the polygon is on the right (got all that?); see counterclockwise.

coincidental lines

Mathematics; Geometry

Lines that are identical (one and the same).

colinear

Mathematics; Geometry

In the same line.

compass

Mathematics; Geometry

A drawing tool used to draw circles at different radii.

complementary angles

Mathematics; Geometry

2 angles whose measures, when added together, equal 90 degrees; see supplementary angles.

composite transformation

Mathematics; Geometry

The composite of a first transformation s and a second transformation t is the transformation mapping a point p onto t(s(p)). When written t2 t1, do t1 first; see translation, rotation, glide ...