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Geometry Chapter 1
Noah Merendio
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Mathematics
9th Grade
10/18/2012

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Term
Point
Definition

A point is a geometric figure formed at the intersection of two distinct lines.

 

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Line
Definition

line is the straight path connecting two points extending infinitely in both directions.

 

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Segment
Definition

segment is a line that starts at the first point and ends at the last point.

 

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Ray
Definition

ray is a part of a line starting at one point and extending infinitely in one direction.

 

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Plane
Definition

plane is a two dimensional surface extending infintely in all directions.

 

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Opposite Rays
Definition

Opposite Rays are rays that start at a common point and extend off into exact opposite directions.

 

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Collinear
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Collinear is when more than one point share the same line.

 

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Coplanar
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Coplanar is when more than one point share a plane.

 

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Angle
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Midpoint
Definition

midpoint is the point halfway between two given points.

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Bisector
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bisector is a line or ray that divide an angle into two equal halves.

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Congruent
Definition

Congruent is when two geometric figures have the same  measure.

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Vertex
Definition

vertex is the corner point of a geometric figure.

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Acute Angles
Definition

An acute angle is an angle that's measure is less than    90 degrees.

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Obtuse Angles
Definition

An obtuse angle is an angle that's measure exeeds     90 degrees.

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Right Angle
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right angle is an angle whose angle measure is exactly 90 degrees.

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Straight Angle
Definition

straight angle is an angle with a measure of exactly 180 degrees.

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Complementary Angles
Definition

Complementary angles are adjacent angles whose angle measures add up to 90 degrees.

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Supplementary Angles
Definition

Supplementary angles are adjacent angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees.

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Vertical Angles
Definition

Vertical angles are congruent opposite angles that share a vertex.

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Adjacent Angles
Definition

Adjacent angles are angles that share a side and vertex.

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Linear Pair
Definition

linear pair consists of two angles whose measures add up to a total of 180 degrees.

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Perpendicular lines
Definition

Perpendicular lines are two lines that intersect at       90 degree angles. 

 

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Polygon
Definition

polygon is a closed figure that is made up of at least three line segments.

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Triangle
Definition

A triangle is a polygon with three sides.

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Quadrilateral
Definition

quadrilateral is a polygon with 4 sides.

 

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Pentagon
Definition

pentagon is a polygon with five sides.

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Hexagon
Definition

hexagon is a polygon with 6 sides.

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Octagon
Definition

An octagon is a polygon with eight sides.

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Decagon
Definition

decagon is a polygon with ten sides.

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Dodecagon
Definition

dodecagon is a polygon with twelve sides.

 

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n-gon
Definition

n-gon is a polygon that when you replace the n with a number that represtents how many sides the shape has.

8-gon = Octagon

 

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Concave
Definition

Concave is when at least one of a polygon's interior angles measure exceeds 180 degrees.

 

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Convex
Definition

Convex is when a polygon's interior angles do not exceed 180 degrees.

 

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Regular
Definition

Regular is when all of a polygon's angles and sides are congruent.

 

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Irregular
Definition

Irregular is when all of a polygon's angles and sides are not congruent.

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Diagonal
Definition

Diagonal is the length between two points of a polygon that do not make a side.

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Side
Definition

side is the line segment between two connected points on a polygon.

 

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Perimeter
Definition

The peremter is the sum of all the sides of a polygon.

 

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