Other shapes may be bounded by curves such as the circle or the ellipse. Such shapes are called polygons and include triangles, squares, and pentagons. Many two-dimensional geometric shapes can be defined by a set of points or vertices and lines connecting the points in a closed chain, as well as the resulting interior points. That is, the result of moving a shape around, enlarging it, rotating it, or reflecting it in a mirror is the same shape as the original, and not a distinct shape. In geometry A set of geometric shapes in 2 dimensions: parallelogram, triangle & circle A set of geometric shapes in 3 dimensions: pyramid, sphere & cubeĪ geometric shape consists of the geometric information which remains when location, scale, orientation and reflection are removed from the description of a geometric object. Thus, we say that the shape of a manhole cover is a disk, because it is approximately the same geometric object as an actual geometric disk. If an object falls into one of these categories exactly or even approximately, we can use it to describe the shape of the object. Other common shapes are points, lines, planes, and conic sections such as ellipses, circles, and parabolas.Īmong the most common 3-dimensional shapes are polyhedra, which are shapes with flat faces ellipsoids, which are egg-shaped or sphere-shaped objects cylinders and cones. while quadrilaterals can be rectangles, rhombi, trapezoids, squares, etc. Each of these is divided into smaller categories triangles can be equilateral, isosceles, obtuse, acute, scalene, etc.

For instance, polygons are classified according to their number of edges as triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, etc. Some simple shapes can be put into broad categories.

Main article: Lists of shapes A variety of polygonal shapes.

Two basic types of shapes