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Building Blocks of Geometry
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11/22/2005

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Term
Point
Definition
Most basic building block of geometry. Has no size, only location.
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Line
Definition
Straight, continuous arrangement of infinitely many points. Has infinitive length and no thinkness.
Term
Plane
Definition
Has length and width, but no thickness.
Term
Definition
Definition
Statement that clarifies or explains the meaning of a word or phrase.
Term
Collinear
Definition
On the same line.
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Coplanar
Definition
On the same plane.
Term
Line Segment
Definition
Consists of two points.
Term
Endpoints
Definition
The two points on a lime segment.
Term
Congruent Segments
Definition
Two segments that have the same measure or length.
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Midpoint
Definition
Of a segment is the point of the segment that is the same distance from both endpoints.
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Bisects
Definition
Divides the segment into two congruent segments.
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