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Geometry Ch.1
mohammad miqdad
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Mathematics
10th Grade
10/18/2012

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Point 
Definition

A point is an exact location.

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Line

 

Definition

A line never-ending straight path.

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Segment
Definition

SegmentPart of a line containing two endpoints and all the points between them.[image]

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Ray
Definition

RayA part of a line that extends indefinitely in one direction from a fixed point.

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Plane
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PlaneA two-dimensional flat surface that extends in all directions.

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Opposite rays
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Opposite Rays : Two rays that are part of the same line and have only their endpoints in common. 

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Collinear
Definition

CollinearThree or more points that lie on the same line.

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Coplanar
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CoplanarPoints or lines that lie in the same plane.

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Angle
Definition

AngleA figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint.

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Midpoint
Definition

MidpointOn a line segment, the point that is halfway between the endpoints.

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Bisector
Definition

BisectorA ray that separates a given angle into two angles with equal measure.


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Congruent
Definition

CongruentHaving the same measure.


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Vertex
Definition

VertexThe common endpoint of the rays forming the angle.


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Acute angles
Definition

Acute AngleAn angle with a measure greater than 0° and less than 90°.


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Obtuse angles
Definition

Obtuse Angle: An angle that measures more than 90° but less than 180°.


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Right angle
Definition

Right AngleAn angle that measures exactly 90°.


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Straight angle
Definition

Straight Angle: An angle that measures 180°.


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Complementary angles
Definition

Complementary Angles: Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90°.


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Supplementary angles
Definition

Supplementary Angles: Two angles are supplementary if the sum of their measures is 180°.


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Vertical angles
Definition

Vertical AnglesOpposite angles formed by the intersection of two lines.


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Adjacent angles
Definition

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


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Linear pair
Definition

Linear Pair: two angles that are adjacent whose angles add up to 180.


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Perpendicular lines
Definition

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


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Polygon
Definition

Polygon: A simple closed figure in a plane formed by three or more line segments.


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Convex
Definition

ConvexA polygon for which all diagonals are located in the interior of the polygon.


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Concave
Definition

ConcaveA polygon for which a point on at least one of its diagonals lies outside the polygon. 


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Regular Polygon
Definition

Regular Polygon: A polygon that has all sides congruent and all angles congruent.

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Irregular Polygon
Definition

Irregular Polygon: A polygon that has all sides aren't congruent and all angles aren't congruent.


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Diagonal
Definition

DiagonalA segment joining two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon.


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Side

 

Definition

Side: The segments that form a closed figure.


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Perimeter
Definition

PerimeterThe distance around a closed geometric figure.


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Polygon-Triangle
Definition

TriangleA polygon having three sides.

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Polygon- Quadrillateral
Definition

QuadrillateralA polygon having four sides.


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Polygon-Pentagon
Definition

PentagonA plane figure with five straight sides and five angles


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Polygon-Hexagon
Definition

HexagonA plane figure with six straight sides and angles.

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Polygon-Ocatgon
Definition
OctagonA plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles.
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Polygon-Decagon
Definition

DecagonA plane figure with ten straight sides and angles.


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Polygon-Dodecagon

 

Definition

DodecagonA plane figure with twelve sides.


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Polygon- n-gon
Definition

N-gon: a term where n is the number of the polygon's sides, also it could be used to name a polygon. For example, a polygon with 15 sides is a 15- gon.

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