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'''Euclidean geometry''' is a form of [[geometry]] first codified by a man called [[Euclid]] in his series of thirteen books called [[Euclid's The Elements|The Elements]].<br>
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Some of the concepts used and described in Euclidean geometry are
'''Euclidean geometry''' is a form of [[geometry]] first codified by [[Euclid]] in his series of thirteen books, [[Euclid's Elements|The Elements]].<br>
==Concepts==
Some of the concepts used and described in Euclidean geometry are:


*[[point (geometry)|point]]<br>
*A '''[[point (geometry)|point]]''' is a mathematical object which has a position but neither length nor breadth nor depth.
*[[line (geometry)|line]]<br>
*[[line (Euclidean geometry)|line]] or '''straight line'''
*[[surface (geometry)|surface]]<br>
*[[surface (geometry)|surface]]
8[[straight line (geometry)|straight line]]<br>
*[[plane (geometry)|plane]]
*[[plane (geometry)|plane]]<br>
*[[plane angle]]
*[[plane angle (geometry)|plane angle]]<br>
*[[rectilinear angle (geometry)|rectilinear angle]] or '''angle''' including
*[[rectilinear angle (geometry)|rectilinear angle]]<br>
**[[right angle (geometry)|right angle]]
*[[right angle (geometry)|right angle]]<br>
**[[rectilinear angle (geometry)#Obtuse angle|obtuse angle]]
*[[perpendicular (geometry)|perpendicular]]<br>
**[[rectilinear angle (geometry)#Acute angle|acute angle]]
*[[obtuse angle (geometry)|obtuse angle]]<br>
**[[rectilinear angle (geometry)#Straight angle|straight angle]]
*[[acute angle (geometry)|acute angle]]<br>
*[[parallel (geometry)|parallel]]
*[[boundry (geometry)|boundry]]<br>
*[[perpendicular (geometry)|perpendicular]]
*[[figure (geometry)|figure]]<br>
*[[boundary]]
*[[circle (geometry)|circle]]<br>
*[[figure]]
*[[center (geometry)|center]]<br>
*[[plane figure]]
*[[diameter (geometry)|diameter]]<br>
**[[rectilinear figure]]
*[[semicircle (geometry)|semicircle]]<br>
**[[triangle]]
*[[rectilinear figure (geometry)|rectilinear figure]]<br>
***[[equilateral triangle|equilateral triangle]]
*[[trilateral (geometry)|trilateral]]<br>
***[[isosceles triangle|isosceles triangle]]
*[[quadrilateral (geometry)|quadrilateral]]<br>
***[[scalene triangle|scalene triangle]]
*[[multilateral (geometry)|multilateral]]<br>
***[[right angled triangle|right angled triangle]]
*[[equilateral triangle (geometry)|equilateral triangle]]<br>
***[[obtuse angled triangle|obtuse angled triangle]]
*[[isoscelese triangle (geometry)|isoscelese triangle]]<br>
***[[acute angled triangle|acute angled triangle]]
*[[scalene triangle (geometry)|scalene triangle]]<br>
**[[polygon]]
*[[right angled triangle (geometry)|right angled triangle]]<br>
***[[cyclic polygon|cyclic]]
*[[obtuse angled triangle (geometry)|obtuse angled triangle]]<br>
***[[square]]
*[[acute angle triangle (geometry)|acute angle triangle]]<br>
***[[oblong]]
*[[equilateral (geometry)|equilateral]]<br>
***[[rhombus]]
*[[right angle (geometry)|right angle]]<br>
***[[rhomboid]]
*[[square (geometry)|square]]<br>
***[[trapezia]]
*[[oblong (geometry)|oblong]]<br>
*[[circle]]
*[[rhombus (geometry)|rhombus]]<br>
*[[centre (mathematics)|center]]
*[[rhomboid (geometry)|rhomboid]]<br>
*[[diameter]]
*[[trapezia (geometry)|trapezia]]<br>
*[[semicircle]]
 
*[[trilateral]]
 
*[[quadrilateral]]
 
*[[multilateral]]
 
*[[equilateral]]
 
*[[congruence]]
 
*[[similarity]]
 
*[[rigid motion]]
 
**[[reflection]]
 
**[[rotation]]
 
**[[Translation (geometry)|translation]]
 
*[[dilation]][[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]
 
 
 
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Euclidean geometry is a form of geometry first codified by Euclid in his series of thirteen books, The Elements.

Concepts

Some of the concepts used and described in Euclidean geometry are: