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Topic ID: 348
#0, geometrical terms
Posted by kendra on Apr-15-04 at 06:11 PM
Hi, my name is Kendra. I'm in the 10th grade. I have a Geometry project due tomorrow! I'm very desperate. I'm doing whats known as an "Alphabet Book." In this "Alphabet Book," I must define and give examples for geometrical terms. I must have 2 terms for each letter of the alphabet. However, I'm in a bind! I can't think of any other words that start with x or y! All I have for x and y are x-axis and y-axis. Please, if you can think of any other words, I'd really appreciate your help!!!!!

Thanks,
Kendra


#2, RE: geometrical terms
Posted by alexb on Apr-15-04 at 06:25 PM
In response to message #0
>I'm doing >whats known as an "Alphabet Book."
>In this "Alphabet Book,"
>I must define and give examples for geometrical terms. I
>must have 2 terms for each letter of the alphabet. However,
>I'm in a bind! I can't think of any other words that start
>with x or y! All I have for x and y are x-axis and y-axis.

Well, to "x-axis" you can add "x-coordinate", and similarly with "y". For the latter you also have "yard" - a unit of measurement, and "yaw" - the angle between the axis of a projectile and its velocity vector.