Solids / Polyhedra
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Base the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests
Congruent Figures two figures that are the same size and shape
Cube a rectangular prism whose six faces are congruent squares
Dimensions the measure of the magnitude or size of an boject.  For example, the dimensions of a rectangle are its length and width
Edge the segment formed when tow faces of a solid figure meet
Face the flat surface of a solid figure; one of the ploygons that make up a polyhedron
Nets a flat pattern that can be formed as a solid
Prism a ployhedron that has two parellel, congruent faces called bases
Polyhedron a solid figure whose sides are straight line segments
Rectangular Prism a prism whose bases are rectangles
Similar Figures figures that have the same shape, but not necessary the same size
Unit Cube a cube whose demensions are 1 unit x 1 unit x 1 unit
Vertices the point at the corner of an angle, plane figure, or solid figure (the plural of vertex)
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