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*A '''[[point (geometry)|point]]''' is a mathematical object which has a position but neither length nor breadth nor depth.
*A '''[[point (geometry)|point]]''' is a mathematical object which has a position but neither length nor breadth nor depth.
*[[line (geometry)|line]] or '''straight line'''
*[[line (Euclidean geometry)|line]] or '''straight line'''
*[[surface (geometry)|surface]]
*[[surface (geometry)|surface]]
*[[plane (geometry)|plane]]
*[[plane (geometry)|plane]]
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**[[triangle]]
**[[triangle]]
***[[equilateral triangle|equilateral triangle]]
***[[equilateral triangle|equilateral triangle]]
***[[isoscelese triangle|isoscelese triangle]]
***[[isosceles triangle|isosceles triangle]]
***[[scalene triangle|scalene triangle]]
***[[scalene triangle|scalene triangle]]
***[[right angled triangle|right angled triangle]]
***[[right angled triangle|right angled triangle]]
***[[obtuse angled triangle|obtuse angled triangle]]
***[[obtuse angled triangle|obtuse angled triangle]]
***[[acute angle triangle|acute angle triangle]]
***[[acute angled triangle|acute angled triangle]]
**[[polygon]]
**[[polygon]]
***[[cyclic polygon|cyclic]]
***[[square]]
***[[square]]
***[[oblong]]
***[[oblong]]
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***[[trapezia]]
***[[trapezia]]
*[[circle]]
*[[circle]]
*[[center]]
*[[centre (mathematics)|center]]
*[[diameter]]
*[[diameter]]
*[[semicircle]]
*[[semicircle]]
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*[[congruence]]
*[[congruence]]
*[[similarity]]
*[[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: