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    Euclidean Construction

    Alternate names

    Euclidean construction | polygon construction

    Basic definition

    A geometric construction is a construction of a geometric figure using only straightedge and compass, as originally studied by the ancient Greeks.

    Detailed definition

    In antiquity, geometric constructions of figures and lengths were restricted to the use of only a straightedge and compass (or in Plato's case, a compass only; a technique now called a Mascheroni construction). Although the term

    Related terms

    angle trisection | circle squaring | compass | constructible number | constructible polygon | cube duplication | elements | Fermat prime | geometric problems of antiquity | geometrography | Kochanski's approximation | Mascheroni construction | matchstick construction | Napoleon's problem | neusis construction | plane geometry | polygon | Poncelet-Steiner theorem | rectification | simplicity | Steiner construction | straightedge

    Educational grade level

    elementary school level (California grade 5 standard)

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