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Hyperbola
Hyperbola, hy PUR buh luh, is a curve with two branches formed by a plane that cuts through two right circular cones that are joined at their tips. Circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas all lie on a cone-shaped surface and so are called conic sections.
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Angle
Angle, in plane geometry, is a figure formed by two rays with the same end point. A ray is a part...
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Archimedean solid
Archimedean, ahr kuh MEE dee uhn, solid is any of 13 solid figures. These figures were first...
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Area
Area, in plane geometry, is the amount of surface contained within the boundaries of a plane...
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Axiom
Axiom, AK see uhm, is a mathematical statement that is assumed to be true. An example of an axiom...
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Circle
Circle is a closed curve on a plane. All points of the curve are the same distance from a point...
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Cone
Cone, in geometry, is a solid figure whose base lies on a plane and is bounded by a closed curve...
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Cube
Cube, in geometry, is a solid bounded by six square faces of equal size. A cube has 12 edges, all...
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Cylinder
Cylinder, in geometry, is a solid figure with two identical bases that lie on parallel planes....
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Diameter
Diameter, in geometry, is the length of any straight line segment that passes through the center...
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Ellipse
Ellipse, ih LIHPS, is a geometric figure with the shape of a flattened hoop. In geometric terms,...
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Fractal
Fractal, FRAK tuhl, is a complex geometric figure made up of patterns that repeat themselves at...
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Geometry
Geometry, jee AHM uh tree, is a branch of mathematics that involves studying the shape, size, and...
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Golden section
Golden section, also called the divine proportion, is the division of a line segment in such a...
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Hexahedron
Hexahedron, hehk suh HEE druhn, in geometry, is a solid figure that has six faces. It is a kind...
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Hyperbola
Hyperbola, hy PUR buh luh, is a curve with two branches formed by a plane that cuts through two...
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