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A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
trapezoid
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Two rays that share an endpoint
angle
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A part of a line that has one endpoint and extends indefinitely in one direction.
ray
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An infinite set of points forming a straight path extending in two directions.
line
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The point at which two line segments, lines or rays meet to form an angle.
vertex
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A triangle that has no congruent sides.
scalene
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A triangle that has at least two congruent sides
isosceles
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A triangle whose sides are all the same length
equilateral
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A parallelogram with all four sides equal in length
rhombus
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An angle that measures exactly 90 degrees.
right angle
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A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel and congruent sides.
parallelogram
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An angle with a measure greater than 90 degrees.
obtuse
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An angle with a measure of less than 90 degrees
acute
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An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, usually to determine altitude or weather changes.
barometer
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Any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content (humidity) of the atmosphere.
hygrometer
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A wind gauge, an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
anemometer
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A measure of the amount of moisture in the air
humidity
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Rain, snow, sleet, dew, etc, formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere.
precipitation
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the lowest layer of the atmosphere, 6 miles (10 km) high in some areas and as much as 12 miles (20 km) high in others, within which there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude and within which nearly all cloud formations occur and weather conditions manifest themselves.
troposphere
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