What is a triangle? Simple geometry
This is an equilateral triangle. A triangle is any set of three points on a plane and the lines connecting those points to each other, as long as the three points aren't all on the [...]
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What is an isosceles triangle? Simple geometry
This is an isosceles triangle. Definition of an isosceles triangle Isosceles triangles have at least two sides that are exactly the same length. This forces two of their angles to also be acute angles of exactly [...]
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Equilateral triangle – Simple geometry
This is an equilateral triangle. What makes a triangle equilateral? Equilateral triangles have all three sides exactly the same length. Because their sides are the same length, the three angles of an equilateral triangle are also [...]
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Bilateral symmetry – Geometry
A butterfly has bilateral symmetry. Thanks to Wikimedia Commons What is bilateral symmetry? A shape has bilateral symmetry when it is the same on both sides of a line drawn [...]
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What’s an angle? Geometry made simple
Two lines cross and form four angles Where any two lines cross each other, they form four angles. These angles are parts of a circle (as you can see from the green circle segments), [...]
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Who was Thales of Miletus? Greek Astronomy
Thales of Miletus might have watched plays in this theater at Miletus (before it had stone seats) Biography of Thales Thales was born in what's now Turkey, in the city [...]
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What is a pediment? Greek architecture
The pediment is the triangular place under the roof of a Greek temple. Each temple has two pediments, one on the front and one on the back. They're always isosceles triangles. At [...]
