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Geometry chapter 1 vocabulary
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Mathematics
11th Grade
08/21/2014

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Term
Point
Definition
Names a location and has no size. It is represented by a dot and labeled using a capital letter, such as P
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Line
Definition
Is a straight path that has no thickness and extends forever. Ther are an infinite number of points on a line. A line is named using either a lowercase or any two points on the line.
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Plane
Definition
Is a flat surface that has no thickness and extends forever. A plane is named using either an upercase letter or three noncollinear points that lie in the plane.
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Coplanar
Definition
Lines or points that are in the same plane are coplanar
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Noncoplanar
Definition
If there is no plane that contains the lines or points, then they are noncoplanar
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Intersection
Definition
Is the point or set of points which two figures meet.
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Congruent
Definition
Two geometric objects that have the same size and shape are congruent
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Line Segment
Definition
is part of a line consisting of two endpoints and all points between them
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Congruent Segments
Definition
Have the same length
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Congruence statement
Definition
Shows that two segments are congruent
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Tick marks
Definition
In a diagram, congruent segments are shown with tick marks.
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Postulate
Definition
Is a statement that is accepted as true without proof
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Distance
Definition
Is the measure of the segment connecting two points.
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Midpoint
Definition
Of a segment is the point that divides the segment into two congruent parts.
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Ray
Definition
Is a part of a line that starts at an endpoint and extands infinitely in one direction
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Opposite rays
Definition
Two rays that have a common endpoint and form a line.
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Angle
Definition
Is a figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint
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Vertex
Definition
The common endpoint is the angles vertex
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Sides
Definition
The rays are the sides of the angle.
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Acute angle
Definition
Measures greater than 0 and less than 90
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Obtuse angle
Definition
Measures greater than 90 and less than 180
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Right angle
Definition
measures exactly 90.
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Straight angle
Definition
Measures exactly 180
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Bisect
Definition
To divide a figure into two congruent parts.
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Angle bisector
Definition
Is a ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles.
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Arc marks
Definition
Congruent angles have the same measure. They are marked with arc marks
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