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Geometry Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Geometry Vocabulary
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Mathematics
8th Grade
03/16/2012

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Undefined Terms

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A word that does not have a formal definition, but there is agreement about what the word means
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Point

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A point has no dimension. It is usually represented by a dot.
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Line

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A line has one dimension. It is usually represented by a straight line with two arrowheads to indicate that the line extends without end in two directions. In this book, lines are alwyas straight lines.
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Plane

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A plane has two dimensions. It is usually represented by a shape that looks like a floor or a wall. You must imagine that the plane extends without end, even thought the drawing of a plane appears to have edges.
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Collinear Points

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Points that lie on the same line
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Coplanar Points

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Points that lie on the same plane
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Defined Terms

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Terms that can be described using knows words
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Line Segment

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Part of a line that consists of two points, called endpoints, and all points on the line that are between the endpoints. Also called segment
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Ray

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Part of a line that consists of a point called an endpoint and all points on the line that extend in one direction
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Opposite Ray

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If point C lies on AB between A and B then CA and CB are opposite rays
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Intersection

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Th set of points that two or more geometric figures have in common
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Postulate (Axiom)

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A rule that is accepted without proof.
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Coordinate

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The real number that corresponds to a point on a line
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Distance Between Two Points on a Line

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The absolute value of the difference of the coordinates of the points. The distance between points A and B, writen as AB, is also called the length of AB
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Between

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When three points lie on a line, you can say that one point is between the other two
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Congruent Segments

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Line segments that have the same length
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Midpoint

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A point that divides, or bisects, a segment into two congruent segments
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Segment Bisector

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A point, ray, line, segment, or plane that intersects a segment at its midpoint
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Angle

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Consists of two different rays with the same endpoint. The rays are the sides of the angle, and the endpoint is the vertex of the angle
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Obtuse Angle

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An angle wiht measure between 90° and 180°
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Acute Angle

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An angle with measure between 0° and 90˜°
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Right Angle

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An angle with measure equal to 90°
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Straight Angle

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An angle wiht measure equal to 180°
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Congruent Angles

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Angles that have the same measure
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Angle Bisector

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A ray that divides an angle into two angles that are congruent
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Complementary Angles

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Two angles whose measures have the sum 90°. The sum of the measures of an angle and its complement is 90°
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Supplementary Angles

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Two angles whose measures have the sum 180°. The sum of the measures of an angle and its supplement is 180°
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Adjacent Angles

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Two angles that share a common vertex and side, but have no common interior points
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Linear Pair

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Two adjacent angels whose non-common sides are opposite rays
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Vertical Angles

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Two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays
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Polygon

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A closed plane figure with the following properties. (1) It is formed by three or more line segments called sides. (2) Each side intersects exactly two sides, one at each endpoint, so that no two sides with a common endpoint are collinear
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Convex Polygon

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A polygon such that no line containing a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon. A polygon that is not convex is non-convex or concave
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Concave Polygon

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A polygon that is not convex.
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Equilateral Polygon


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A polygon wiht all of its sides congruent
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Equiangular Polygon

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A polygon with all of its interior angles congruent
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Regular Polygon

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A polygon that has all sides and all angles congruent
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