Geometry Terms
Across
- 1. .
- 4. the highest point; the top or apex.
- 7. at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.
- 9. of the lines in which light (and heat) may seem to stream from the sun or any luminous body, or pass through a small opening.
- 11. long, narrow mark or band.
- 12. in agreement or harmony.
- 13. An angle is formed when two straight lines or rays meet at a common endpoint.
- 15. a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.
- 17. a group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony.
- 18. each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.
Down
- 1. a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.
- 2. quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.
- 3. resembling without being identical.
- 4. the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.
- 5. a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the center).
- 6. tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.
- 8. a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere.
- 10. (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
- 11. the extent or measurement of a surface or piece of land.
- 14. the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle); the reciprocal of a cosine.
- 16. a portion of the boundary of a circle or a curve.