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chapter 1 geometry vocabulary
parthvi shah
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Mathematics
10th Grade
10/18/2012

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Point
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A point is a specific location in space with no size or shape.

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Line
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A line is a never-ending straight path.

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Segment
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A segment is a Part of a line containing two endpoints and all the points between them.

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Ray
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A ray is a part of a line that extends indefinitely in one direction from a fixed point.

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Plane
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A plane is a two-dimensional flat surface that extends in all directions.

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Opposite rays
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An opposite rays are a two rays that are part of the same line and have only their endpoints in common.  

 

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Colinear
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A colinear is a three or more points that lie on the same line. 

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Coplaner
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A coplaner is a Points or lines that lie in the same plane. 


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Angle
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An angle is a figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint. 


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Midpoint
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A midpoint on a line segment, the point that is halfway between the endpoints.


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Bisector
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A bisector is a ray whose endpoint is the vertex of the angle and is located in the interior of the angle. It separates a given angle into two angles with equal measure.

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Congruent
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A congruent is a having the same measure.


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 Vertex
Definition

A vertex is a quadratic function in the form y = a(x - h)2 + k, where (hk) is the vertex of the parabola and x = h is its axis of symmetry.



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Acute angles
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An acute angle is an angle with a measure greater than 0° and less than 90°[image]
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Obtuse Angles
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An obtuse angle is an angle that measures more than 90° but less than 180°.


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Right angle
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A right angle is an angle that measures exactly 90°.


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Straight angle
Definition

A straight angle is an angle that measures 180°.



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Complementary angles
Definition

A complementary angles is a two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90°. 



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Supplementary angles

 

Definition

A supplementary angles are two angles that are supplementary if the sum of their measures is 180°.

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Vertical angles
Definition

A vertical angles are opposite angles that formed by the intersection of two lines. 



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Adjacent angles
Definition

Adjacent angles are that have the same vertex, share a common side, and do not overlap.

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Linear pair
Definition

 Linear pair is a pair of adjacent angles that form a straight line.



 

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Perpendicular lines
Definition

Perpendicular lines are which meet to form right angles and whose slopes have a product of -1.

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Polygon
Definition

A polygon is a simple closed figure in a plane formed by three or more line segments.

 



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Concave
Definition

A concave is a polygon which point on at least one of its diagonals lies outside the polygon. 


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Convex
Definition

A convex is a polygon which all diagonals are located in the interior of the polygon.


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Regular polygon
Definition

A regular polygon is a polygon  that has all sides congruent and all angles congruent.


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Irregular Polygon
Definition

An irregular polygon is a figure that cannot be classified as a single polygon.


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Diagonal
Definition

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


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Side
Definition

A side is the two rays that form an angle. 


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Perimeter
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A perimeter is the distance around a closed geometric figure.


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