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Geometry Test #1
Basics of Geometry
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Mathematics
10th Grade
10/18/2012

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Term
Point
Definition

A precise location or place on a plane. Usually represented by a dot.



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Line
Definition

A geometrical object that is straight, infinitely long and infinitely thin.


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Segment
Definition

The region between a chord of a circle and its associated arc

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Ray
Definition

A portion of a line which starts at a point and goes off in a particular direction to infinity.

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Plane
Definition
A flat surface that is infinitely large and with zero thickness
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Opposite Rays
Definition

 Two rays with a common endpoint that point in opposite directions and form a straight line.

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collinear
Definition

A set of points that lie in a straight line

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coplanar
Definition

Lying in the same plane

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acute angle
Definition

A shape, formed by two lines or rays diverging from a common point (the vertex)

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Angle
Definition

 A shape, formed by two lines or rays diverging from a common point (the vertex)

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midpoint
Definition

 A point on a line segment that divides it into two equal parts
The halfway point of a line segment

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Bisector
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A bisector is something that cuts an object into two equal parts. It is applied to angles and line segments. In verb form, we say that it bisects the other object.

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congruent
Definition

 Equal in size and shape

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vertex
Definition

The common endpoint of two or more rays or line segments

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obtuse angle
Definition

The common endpoint of two or more rays or line segments

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right angle
Definition

 

An angle of 90°, as in a corner of a square.

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straight angle
Definition

A straight angle is 180 degrees

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complementary angles
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Suplementary angles
Definition

two angles that add up to 180°

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Vertical Angles
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aDJACENT Angles
Definition

As in normal usage, the word 'adjacent' in geometry refers to items that are next to each other in a figure.

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Linear Pair
Definition

The two supplementary adjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines.

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Perpendicular lines
Definition
A line is perpendicular to another if it meets or crosses it at right angles (90°).
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Polygon
Definition
Definition: A number of coplanar line segments, each connected end to end to form a closed shape.
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Regular polygon

 

Definition

a polygon that is equalateral

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Irregular Polygon
Definition

a polygon that is not equal on all sides.

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Diagonal
Definition

A diagonal is a line joining two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon or polyhedron.


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Side
Definition

a single segment from the union that forms a polygon

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Perimeter
Definition

when you add all the sides of a shape

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Convex
Definition

when a polygon is not caved in

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concave
Definition

when a polygon is caved in

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Triangle
Definition

three sided polygon

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Quadrilateral
Definition

4 sides polygon

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pentagon
Definition

5 sided polygon

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hexagon
Definition

6 sided polygon

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octagon
Definition

8 sided polygon

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decagon
Definition

10 sided polygon

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dodecagon
Definition

12 sided polygon

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n-gon
Definition

15 sided polygon

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