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Chapter 1
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Mathematics
10th Grade
10/19/2012

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Term
Point
Definition
A point is an exact position or location on a [image]plane surface
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Line
Definition
A geometrical object that is infinitatively straight, infininately long and infininately thin[image]
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Segment
Definition
[image]Region between a chord of a circle and its associated ark
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Ray
Definition
A portion of a line that starts in a particular spot and is infininate in one direction[image]
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Plane
Definition
Flat surface that is infinantly large with zero [image]thickness
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Opposite  Rays
Definition
Two rays with a common endpoint that point in opposite directions and form a straight line. [image]
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Collinear
Definition
2 or more points on one line[image]
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Coplaner
Definition

Lying in the same plane[image]

Term
Angle
Definition
A shape, formed by two lines or rays diverging from a common point[image]
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Midpoint
Definition
A point on a line segment that divides it into two equal parts[image]
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Bisector
Definition
something that cuts an object into two equal parts[image]
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Congruent
Definition
2 objects with the same dimension and shape[image]
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Vertex
Definition
The common endpoint of two or more rays or line segments

[image]

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Acute angle
Definition
An angle that is less than 90 degrees[image]
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Obtuse angle
Definition
An angle that is greater than 90 degrees[image]
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Right angle
Definition
An angle at 90 degrees[image]
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Straight Angle
Definition
An angle that is at 180 degrees[image]
Term
Complementary Angles
Definition
2 angles that add up to 90 degrees [image]
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Supplementary Angles
Definition
2 angles that add up to 180 degrees [image]
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Vertical Angle
Definition
A pair of non-adjacent angles formed by the intersection of two straight [image]lines 
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Adjacent Angle
Definition
Two angles that share a common side and a common vertex, but do not overlap [image]
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Linear Pair
Definition
Two angles that are adjacent and supplementary [image]
Term
Perpendicular Lines
Definition
 the slope of one line is the negative reciprocal of the other [image]
Term
Polygon
Definition
 A number of coplaner line segments, each connected end to end to form a closed shape.
[image]
Term
Triangle
Definition
A closed figure consisting of three line segments linked end-to-end. [image]
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Quadrilateral
Definition
A closed figure that has 4 sides [image]
Term
Pentagon
Definition
A polygon with 5 sides [image]
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Hexagon
Definition
A polygon with 6 sides [image]
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Octagon
Definition
A polygon with 8 sides [image]
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Decagon
Definition
A polygon with 10 sides [image]
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Dodecagon
Definition
A polygon with 12 sides [image]
Term
Concave
Definition
part of a shape is pushed inwards [image]
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Convex
Definition
Edges of a shape point outwards [image]
Term
Regular/Irregular
Definition
Regular- All sides of a polygon are equal
Irregular- Sides of a polygon are different  [image]
Term
Diagonal
Definition
 a line segment that links two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent [image]
Term
Side
Definition
One of the lines that make a flat 
Term
Perimeter
Definition
The distance around a 2 dimensional shape [image]
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