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Geometric Terms
Geometric Terms defined
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Mathematics
7th Grade
04/11/2011

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Point

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An exact location.  It is usually represented as a dot.

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Line

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is a straight path that extends without end in opposite  directions

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Plane

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is a perfectly flat surface that extends infinitely in all directions.

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Ray

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Is a part of a line, It has one endpoint and extends without end in one direction.

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Line Segment

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Is a part of a line or a ray that extends from one point to another

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Congruent

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Figures that have the same shape and size.  Line segments that have the same length

 

 

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Angles

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Is formed by two rays with a common endpoint(vertex)

 

 

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Vertex

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The common endpoint of two rays

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Right Angles

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90 degrees

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Acute Angle

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Less than 90 degrees

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Obtuse Angle

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More than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

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Straight Angle

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exactly 180 degrees

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Complementary Angles

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Two angles that sum measures 90 degrees

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Supplementary Angles

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Two angles whose sum measures 180 degrees

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Perpendicular lines

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When lines, segments, or rays intersect and they form a 90 angle

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Parallel lines

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Lines in the same plane that do not intersect at all.

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Skew lines

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Lines that do not intersect, and yet they are also not parallel.  They lie in different planes.

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Adjacent angles

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Have a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points

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Vertical Angles

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Are the opposite angles formed by two intersecting lines

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Transversal

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is a line that intersects two or more lines.

 

 

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Corresponding angles

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Are on the same side of the transversal and are both above or both below the parallel lines.

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