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Acute and obtuse triangles
An acute triangle has all three interior angles less than 90 degrees, while an obtuse triangle has exactly one angle greater than 90 degrees; both are oblique triangles.
Altitude (triangle)
An altitude of a triangle is a line segment from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side; the three altitudes meet at a point called the orthocenter.
Angle bisector theorem
The angle bisector theorem states that the bisector of an angle in a triangle divides the opposite side in the ratio of the two adjacent sides.
Area of a circle
The area of a circle is the measure of the flat region enclosed by its circumference, given by the formula A = πr², where r is the radius.
Aspect ratio
An aspect ratio is the ratio of width to height of an image, written as 16:9 or 1.78:1, common ratios running from 1.375:1 to 2.76:1 in film.
Cardioid
A cardioid is a heart-shaped plane curve traced by a point on a circle rolling around a fixed circle of equal radius, used as the pick-up pattern of many microphones.
Centroid
The centroid, also called the geometric center, is the mean position of a set of points; in a triangle it is where the three medians meet.
Cevian
A cevian is a line segment joining a triangle's vertex to a non-vertex point on the line of the opposite side, named for the Italian mathematician Giovanni Ceva.
Chord (geometry)
A chord, also known as a circular chord, is the straight line segment joining two points on a curve, most often a circle; the longest chord of a circle is its diameter.
Circle
A circle is the set of points in a plane at one fixed distance, the radius, from a center; its circumference is 2πr and its area is πr².
Circular sector
A circular sector, also called a circle sector or sector of a circle, is the wedge-shaped region of a disk enclosed by two radii and the arc between them, with area proportional to its central angle.
Circular segment
A circular segment, also called a segment of a circle, is the region of a disk bounded by a chord and the arc the chord cuts off.
Circumference
Circumference, also called the perimeter of a circle, is the distance around its edge, equal to π times the diameter (C = πd or 2πr).
Circumscribed circle
A circumscribed circle, or circumcircle, is the unique circle passing through all three vertices of a triangle, with center called the circumcenter; every triangle has exactly one.
Congruence (geometry)
Congruence in geometry is the relation between figures with the same shape and size, meaning one can be transformed into the other by an isometry.
Conic section
A conic section, also known as a quadratic curve, is the curve formed by a plane cutting a double cone: a circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
Cyclic quadrilateral
A cyclic quadrilateral, also called an inscribed or concyclic quadrilateral, is a quadrilateral whose four vertices all lie on one circle, so opposite angles sum to 180° and its area follows Brahmagupta's formula.
Cycloid
A cycloid is the curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling along a straight line, with cusps at each touch.
Diameter
Diameter is the greatest distance between any two points of a set; in a circle it is a chord through the center and equals twice the radius.
Eccentricity (mathematics)
Eccentricity, in mathematics, is a single number measuring how much a conic section deviates from a circle: 0 is a circle, 1 a parabola, above 1 a hyperbola.
Ellipse
An ellipse is a closed plane curve where the sum of the distances to two fixed points, the foci, is constant; it describes planetary orbits.
Equilateral triangle
An equilateral triangle, also known as an equiangular triangle, is a triangle with all three sides of equal length and three interior angles of 60 degrees, the simplest regular polygon.
Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem
Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem is a geometric proof devised in 1876 by James A. Garfield, then a US congressman and later the 20th president.
Golden rectangle
A golden rectangle, also called a golden mean rectangle, has sides in the golden ratio of about 1.618 to 1; removing its largest square leaves a smaller golden rectangle.
Golden spiral
The golden spiral is a logarithmic spiral that widens by the golden ratio, about 1.618, at every quarter turn, often approximated by nested golden rectangles.
Heptagon
A heptagon, sometimes called a septagon, is a polygon with seven sides and seven interior angles; a regular heptagon has interior angles of about 128.57°.
Heron's formula
Heron's formula, also called Hero's formula, gives the area of a triangle from its three side lengths alone, without heights or angles, in Heron's Metrica of about AD 60.
Hexagram
A hexagram is a six-pointed star figure, most familiarly the compound of two equilateral triangles known as the Star of David and Seal of Solomon.
Hyperbola
A hyperbola is a conic section with two open, mirror-image branches, defined by a constant difference of distances to two foci, named by Apollonius of Perga.
Hypotenuse
The hypotenuse is the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle, and the longest side, given by the Pythagorean theorem and central to sine and cosine.