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Chapter 7 - Vocabulary
Foundations of Geometry
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Mathematics
7th Grade
04/14/2009

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Line
Definition
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Line Segment
Definition
Part of a line, with two end-POINTS.
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Ray
Definition
Part of a line. One end-POINT.
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Acute Angle
Definition
Measures between 0 degrees and 90 degrees. (smaller than 90 degrees)
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Obtuse Angle
Definition
Measures between 90 degrees and 180 degrees. (bigger than 90 degrees).
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Right Angle
Definition
Measures exactly 90 degrees.
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Straight Angle
Definition
Measures exactly 180 degrees. (flat angle).
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Complementary Angles
Definition
Two angles whose measures have a sum (+) of 90 degrees.
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Supplementary Angles
Definition
Two angles whose measures have a sum (+) of 180 degrees.
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Vertical Angles
Definition
Intersecting lines form two pairs fo vertical angles.
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Congruent Figures
Definition
have the same size and shape.
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Parallel Lines
Definition
Lines that never meet (clue: railroad tra cks).
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Perpendicular Lines
Definition
Lines that form right angles (clue: two streets that form a 4 way stop).
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Transversal
Definition
A line that intersects two or more lines.
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Acute Triangle
Definition
A triangle with 3 acute angles.
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Right Triangle
Definition
A triangle with 1 right angle.
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Obtuse Triangle
Definition
A triangle with 1 obtuse angle.
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Triangle Sum Theorem
Definition
The sum (+) of the measures of the three interior (inside) angles of any triangle is 180 degrees.
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Quadrilaterals
Definition
Polygons with 4 sides and 4 angles.
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Parallelograms
Definition
Polygons with 2 pairs of parallel sides.
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Trapezoids
Definition
Polygons with exactly 1 pair of parallel sides.
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Rectangles
Definition
Polygons with 4 right angles.
Term
Rhombuses
Definition
Polygons with 4 congruent sides.
Term
Squares
Definition
Polygons with 4 right angles.
Term
Reflection
Definition
A MIRROR IMAGE (flip) of a figure.
Term
Rotation
Definition
A figure is TURNED.
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Translation
Definition
A figure SLIDES in one direction.
Term
Vertical Line Symmetry
Definition
A line that is drawn through a figure vertically (up and down) that cuts the figure in two mirror images.
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Horizontal Line Symmetry
Definition
A horizontal line (left to right) is drawn through a figure that cuts the figure into two mirror images.
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Diagonal Line Symmetry
Definition
A diagonal line (corner to corner) is drawn through a figure that cuts the figure into two mirror images.
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Rotational Symmetry
Definition
Turning an object so that it looks exactly the same. The number of positions in which it looks exactly the same is its order of symmetry.
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