Angle Vocabulary Words
Alternate exterior angles
A pair of angle that lie on the opposite side of the transversal and outside the other two lines
Same-side interior angles
A pair of angles on the same side of a transversal and between two lines intercepted by the transversal
Corresponding Angles
A pair of angles that lie on the same side of the transversal and on the samisen of the other two sides
Alternate interior angles
A pair of non-adjacent angles that lie on opposite sides of the transversal and between the other two lines
Vertical angles
A pair of opposite, congruent angles formed by intersecting lines
Exterior angles
An angle formed by one of the lines and the transversal that lies on the outside of the line
Remote interior angles
An interior angle of a polygon that is not adjacent to the exterior angle
Adjacent angles
Angles in the same plane that have a common vertex and a common side
Interior angle
Angles on the inner sides of two lines cut by a transversal
Congruent angles
Angles that have the same measure
Similar Figures
Figures with the same shape but not the same size
Transversal
Line that intersects too or more lines
Corresponding sides
Sides in the same relative position on polygon with an equal number of sides
Scale factor
The ratio used to reduce or enlarge similar figures
Complementary angles
Two angles whose measures add up to 90°
Supplementary angles
Two angles whose measures add up to to 180°