GRS Geometry Vocabulary Guide

Geometry Vocabulary Guide

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Vocabulary

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alternative exterior anglesWài cuòjiǎo外错角
alternative interior anglesNèi cuòjiǎo内错角
altitude of a triangleSānjiǎoxíng de gāo 三角形的高(指那条线段)
angle bisectorJiǎo píngfēn xiàn角平分線
angles (adjacent angles)Jiǎo (lín jiǎo)角(鄰角)
angles (complementary angles)Jiǎo (yú jiǎo)角(余角)
angles (supplementary angles)Jiǎo (bǔ jiǎo)角(補角)
base angles of an isosceles triangleDěng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de dǐ jiǎo等腰三角形的底角
base of an isosceles triangleDěng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de dǐ biān等腰三角形的底边
bi-conditionalShuāngxiàng mìngtí双向命题(正逆命题同时成立)
centroidZhòngxīn重心
circleYuán
circumcenterWài xīn外心
concaveĀo
conclusionJiélùn結論
concurrentGòng diǎn共点(多直线相交于一点)
conditionalTiáojiàn mìngtí条件命题
coneZhuī tǐ錐體
congruent polygonsQuán děng duōbiānxíng全等多邊形
congruent segmentsQuán děng duàn全等段
conjectureCāixiǎng猜想
constructionZuò tú作图
contrapositiveNì fǒu mìngtí逆否命题
converseNì mìngtí逆命题
convex
coordinate proofZuòbiāo xì zhèngmíng坐标系证明
corollaryTuīlùn推論
corresponding anglesTóngwèi jiǎo同位角
cubeLìfāngtǐ立方體
cylinderZhù tǐ柱体
deductive reasoningYǎnyì tuīlǐ演繹推理
diagram
edgeBiānyuán邊緣
end pointDuān diǎn端點
equiangular polygonDěng jiǎo duōbiānxíng等角多邊形
equidistantDěng jùlí等距離
equilateral polygonDěng biān duōbiānxíng等边多边形
exterior angles of a polygonDuōbiānxíng de wàijiǎo多邊形的外角
face (face of a solid)Miàn (lìtǐtú xíng de miàn)面(立体图形的面)
hypotenuseXié biān斜邊
hypothesisJiǎshè假設
incenterNèixīn內心
indirect proofFǎnzhèngfǎ反证法
inductive reasoningGuīnà tuīlǐ歸納推理
intervalJiàngé間隔
inverseFǒu mìngtí否命题
isometric drawingDuō jiǎodù tóng chǐdù lìtǐ zuò tú     (yīngwén bǎn jiàocái tèyǒu)多角度同尺度立体作图 (英文版教材特有)
isosceles trapezoidDěng yāo tīxíng等腰梯形
kiteZhēng xíng箏形
legs of a right triangleZhíjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng de zhíjiǎo biān直角三角形的直角边
legs of an isosceles triangleDěng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de yāo等腰三角形的腰
lineZhíxiàn直线
line (concurrent lines)Xiàn (gòng diǎn de xiàn)线(共点的線)
line (diagonal lines)Xiàn (duì jiǎo xiàn)線(對角線)
line (horizontal line)Xiàn (shuǐpíngxiàn)線(水平線)
line (intersecting lines)Xiàn (xiàngjiāo xiàn)線(相交線)
line (oblique line)Xiàn (xiéxiàn)線(斜線)
line (parallel line)Xiàn (píngxíng xiàn)線(平行線)
line (perpendicular lines)Xiàn (chuízhí xiàn)線(垂直線)
line (vertical line)Xiàn (shù zhíxiàn)線(竖直線)
line of symmetryDuìchèn xiàn對稱線
line segmentXiànduàn線段
linear pairYī duì hùbǔ de lín jiǎo一对互补的邻角
medianZhōng xiàn中线
mid-segment of a triangleSānjiǎoxíng zhōng wèi xiàn三角形中位线
mid-segment of a trapezoidTīxíng zhōng wèi xiàn梯形中位线
negationFǒudìng否定
net (identify a solid from a net)Píngmiàn zhǎnkāi tú平面展开图
orthocenterChuíxīn垂心
orthographic drawingZhèng tóuyǐng zuò tú正投影作图(英文教材特有)
parallelogramPíngxíng sìbiānxíng平行四邊形
perimeterZhōu zhǎng周長
perpendicular bisectorChuízhí píngfēn xiàn垂直平分線
polygon (decagon)Duōbiānxíng (shí biān xíng)多邊形(十邊形)
polygon (heptagon)Duōbiānxíng (qī biān xíng)多邊形(七邊形)
polygon (hexagon)Duōbiānxíng (liù biān xíng)多邊形(六邊形)
polygon (nonagons)Duōbiānxíng (jiǔ biān xíng)多邊形(九邊形)
polygon (octagon)Duōbiānxíng (bājiǎo)多邊形(八角)
polygon (pentagon)Duōbiānxíng (wǔ biān xíng)多邊形(五邊形)
polygon (quadrilaterals)Duōbiānxíng (sìbiānxíng)多邊形(四邊形)
polygons (triangles)Duōbiānxíng (sānjiǎoxíng)多邊形(三角形)
postulateGōngshè公设
prismLéngzhù棱柱
prism (rectangular prism)Léngjìng (zhí léngzhù)棱鏡(直棱柱)
prism (square prism)Léngjìng (zhèngfāng léngzhù)棱鏡(正方棱柱)
prism (triangular prism)Léngjìng (sānjiǎo léngzhù)棱鏡(三角棱柱)
protractorLiángjiǎoqì量角器
protractor’s cross hairsLiángjiǎoqì de shízì zhōngxīn量角器的十字中心
pyramidsLéngzhuī棱锥
pyramids (rectangular pyramid)Jīnzìtǎ (cháng fāng léngzhuī)金字塔(长方棱锥)
pyramids (square pyramid)Jīnzìtǎ (zhèngfāng léngzhuī)金字塔(正方棱錐)
pyramids (triangular pyramid)Jīnzìtǎ (sān léngzhuī)金字塔(三棱錐)
quadrilateral (complex quadrilateral)Sìbiānxíng (fùzá de sìbiānxíng)四邊形(複雜的四邊形)
quadrilateral (concave quadrilateral)Sìbiānxíng (āo sìbiānxíng)四邊形(凹四邊形)
quadrilateral (irregular quadrilateral)Sìbiānxíng (bù guīzé sìbiānxíng)四邊形(不規則四邊形)
rayShèxiàn射線
rectangleJǔxíng矩形
regular polygonZhèng duōbiānxíng正多邊形
rhombusLíngxíng菱形
same-side interior anglesTóng páng nèi jiǎo同旁內角
segment bisectorPíngfēn xiànduàn de dōngxī平分线段的东西(可以是点,线段,直线,射线等)
skewed linesYì miàn zhíxiàn异面直线
sphereQiú
squareZhèngfāngxíng正方形
supplementary anglesBǔ jiǎo補角
surfaceBiǎomiàn表面
symmetry (reflective symmetry)Duìchèn (jìngmiàn duìchèn)對稱(镜面對稱)
symmetry (rotational symmetry)Duìchèn (xuánzhuǎn duìchèn)對稱(旋轉對稱)
theoremDìnglǐ定理
transversal(Sānxiàn bājiǎo lǐ de) jié xiàn(三线八角里的)截线
trapezoidTīxíng梯形
triangle (acute triangle)ruìjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng三角形(銳角三角形)
triangle (equilateral triangle)zhèng sānjiǎoxíng三角形(正三角形)
triangle (isosceles triangle)děng yāo sānjiǎoxíng三角形(等腰三角形)
triangle (obtuse triangle)dùnjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng三角形(鈍角三角形)
triangle (right-angled triangle)zhíjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng三角形(直角三角形)
triangle (scalene triangle)bù děng biān sānjiǎoxíng三角形(不等邊三角形)
vertexDǐngdiǎn頂點
vertex of an isosceles triangleDěng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de dǐngdiǎn等腰三角形的頂點
vertical anglesDuì dǐng jiǎo对顶角
verticesDǐngdiǎn頂點
volumeTǐjī体积

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