PolygonIn geometry, a polygon () is a plane figure made up of line segments connected to form a closed polygonal chain. The segments of a closed polygonal chain are called its edges or sides. The points where two edges meet are the polygon's vertices or corners. An n-gon is a polygon with n sides; for example, a triangle is a 3-gon. A simple polygon is one which does not intersect itself.
Skew polygonIn geometry, a skew polygon is a closed polygonal chain in Euclidean space. It is a figure similar to a polygon except its vertices are not all coplanar. While a polygon is ordinarily defined as a plane figure, the edges and vertices of a skew polygon form a space curve. Skew polygons must have at least four vertices. The interiorsurface and corresponding area measure of such a polygon is not uniquely defined.
Simple polygonIn geometry, a simple polygon is a polygon that does not intersect itself and has no holes. That is, it is a piecewise-linearJordan curve consisting of finitely many line segments. These polygons include as special cases the convex polygons, star-shaped polygons, and monotone polygons. The sum of external angles of a simple polygon is 2π{\displaystyle 2\pi }.
Vertex (geometry)In geometry, a vertex (pl.: vertices or vertexes), also called a corner, is a point where two or more curves, lines, or line segmentsmeet or intersect. For example, the point where two lines meet to form an angle and the point where edges of polygons and polyhedra meet are vertices. The term vertex is also used for a different type of point in geometry, a vertex of a curve, meaning a point of extreme curvature.
Line segmentPart of a straight line that is bounded by two distinct end points The geometric definition of a closed line segment: the intersection of all points at or to the right of A with all points at or to the left of B Historical image of 1699 - creating a line segment In geometry, a line segment is a part of a straight line that is bounded by two distinct endpoints (its extreme points), and contains every point on the line that is between its endpoints.
GeometryBranch of mathematics Three-dimensional Four - other-dimensional 4-polytope Simplex 5-cell Hypercube Tesseract n-sphere Geometers by name Aida Aryabhata Ahmes Alhazen Apollonius Archimedes Atiyah Baudhayana Bolyai Brahmagupta Cartan Chern Coxeter Descartes Euclid Euler Gauss Gromov Hilbert Huygens Jyeṣṭhadeva Kātyāyana Khayyám Klein Lobachevsky Manava Minkowski Minggatu Pascal Pythagoras Parameshvara Poincaré Riemann Sakabe Sijzi al-Tusi Veblen Virasena Yang Hui al-Yasamin Zhang List of geometers by period vte Geometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures.
CurveIn mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line, but that does not have to be straight. Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point.
SequenceIn mathematics, a sequence is a collection of objects possibly with repetition, that come in a specified order. Like a set, it contains members (also called elements, or terms). Unlike a set, the same elements can appear multiple times at different positions in a sequence, and unlike a set, the order does matter. The notion of a sequence can be generalized to an indexed family, defined as a function from an arbitrary index set.
Euclidean planeGeometric model of the planar projection of the physical universe Bi-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system GeometryProjecting a sphere to a plane Branches Euclidean Non-Euclidean Elliptic Spherical Hyperbolic Non-Archimedean geometry Projective Affine Synthetic Analytic Algebraic Arithmetic Diophantine Differential Riemannian Symplectic Discrete differential Complex Finite Discrete/Combinatorial Digital Convex Computational Fractal Incidence Noncommutative geometry Noncommutative algebraic geometry ConceptsFeaturesDimension Straightedge and compass constructions Angle Polytope Centroid Diagonal Orthogonality (Perpendicular) Parallel Vertex Congruence Similarity Symmetry Zero-dimensional Point One-dimensional Line Line segment Ray Curve Geodesic Length Two-dimensional Surface Plane Area Polygon Simple Convex Concave Star Regular Reuleaux Triangle Centers Altitude Hypotenuse Pythagorean theorem Circular Reuleaux Hyperbolic Ideal Spherical Quadrilateral Parallelogram Rectangle Square Rhombus Rhomboid Trapezoid Kite Circle Radius Diameter Circumference Disk Area Three-dimensional Surface area Volume Polyhedron Platonic Solid Tetrahedron Reuleaux cuboid Cube Octahedron Dodecahedron Icosahedron Pyramid Star Toroidal Ideal Solid of revolution Sphere Great circle Cylinder Cone Four - other-dimensional 4-polytope Simplex 5-cell Hypercube Tesseract n-sphere Geometers by name Aida Aryabhata Ahmes Alhazen Apollonius Archimedes Atiyah Baudhayana Bolyai Brahmagupta Cartan Chern Coxeter Descartes Euclid Euler Gauss Gromov Hilbert Huygens Jyeṣṭhadeva Kātyāyana Khayyám Klein Lobachevsky Manava Minkowski Minggatu Pascal Pythagoras Parameshvara Poincaré Riemann Sakabe Sijzi al-Tusi Veblen Virasena Yang Hui al-Yasamin Zhang List of geometers by period BCE Ahmes Baudhayana Manava Pythagoras Euclid Archimedes Apollonius 1–1400s Zhang Kātyāyana Aryabhata Brahmagupta Virasena Alhazen Sijzi Khayyám al-Yasamin al-Tusi Yang Hui Parameshvara 1400s–1700s Jyeṣṭhadeva Descartes Pascal Huygens Minggatu Euler Sakabe Aida 1700s–1900s Gauss Lobachevsky Bolyai Riemann Klein Poincaré Hilbert Minkowski Cartan Veblen Coxeter Chern Present day Atiyah Gromov vte In mathematics, a Euclidean plane is a Euclidean space of dimension two, denoted E 2 {\displaystyle {\textbf {E}}^{2}} or E 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {E} ^{2}} .
Line (geometry)Straight figure with zero width and depth A red line near the origin on the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system In geometry, a straight line, usually abbreviated line, is an infinitely long object with no width, depth, or curvature. It is a special case of a curve and an idealisation of such physical objects as a straightedge, a taut string, or a ray of light. Lines are spaces of dimension one, which may be embedded in spaces of dimension two, three, or higher.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.