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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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***[[acute angled triangle|acute angled 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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**[[reflection]]
**[[reflection]]
**[[rotation]]
**[[rotation]]
**[[translation]]
**[[Translation (geometry)|translation]]
*[[dilation]]
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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: