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Chapter One Definitions

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 Chapter One Discovering Geometry Definitions.doc

 

 

Point
 
Line
 
Plane
 
Endpoint
 
Collinear
 
Coplanar
 
Midpoint
 
Perpendicular lines
 
Parallel lines
 
 
 Angle
 
 Vertex
 
Angle sides
 
Angle Bisector
 
 Bisect (segment)
 
Line Segment
 
 
Right Angle
 
Straight Angle
 
Congruent Segments
 
Acute Angle
 
Congruent Angles
 
Obtuse Angle
 
Polygon
 
Polygon Diagonal
 
Convex Polygon
Concave Polygon
 
Congruent Polygon
 
Equilateral Polygon
 
Equiangular Polygon
 
Regular Polygon
 
Triangle
 
Right Triangle
 
Scalene Triangle
 
Equilateral Triangle
 
Isosceles Triangle
 
Quadrilateral
 
Trapezoid
 
Kite
 
Parallelogram
 
Rhombus
 
Rectangle
 
Square
 
Circle
 
Radius
 
Chord
 
Diameter
 
Tangent
 
Concentric circles
 
Venn Diagram
 
Has a specific location, no size
 
Straight, continuous arrangement of infinitely many points
 
Has infinite length and width, but no thickness
 
A point at the end of a segment or ray
 
On the same line
 
On the same plane
 
Point on the segment that is the same distance from both endpoints
 
Two lines that intersect at a 90 degree angle
 
Two lines that are coplanar and never intersect (or two lines that are always the same distance apart)
 
Formed by two rays that share a common endpoint, provided that the two rays are noncollinear
 
The common endpoint of the two rays of an angle
 
The two rays of an angle
 
A line that contains the vertex of an angle and splits the angle into two congruent angles
 
Dividing the segment into congruent segments
 
Consists of two points called the endpoints of the segment and all the points in between them that are collinear with the two points.
 
An angle that measures 90 degrees
 
An angle that measures 180 degrees
 
Two segments that have the same measure and length
 
An angle that measures less than 90 degrees
 
Two angles that have the same measure.
 
Measures more than 90 degree but less than 180 degrees
 
A closed figure in a plane that has no intersecting sides
 
A line connecting nonconsecutive vertices
 
A polygon with no diagonals outside of the polygon
A polygon that has at least one diagonal outside of the polygon
 
A polygon that is exactly the same size and shape as another polygon
 
A polygon with congruent sides
 
A polygon with congruent angles
 
A polygon with congruent sides and angles
 
A polygon with three sides
 
A triangle with a right angle
 
A triangle with no congruent sides
 
A triangle with three congruent sides
 
A triangle with at least two congruent sides
 
A polygon with four sides
 
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
 
A quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of congruent, consecutive sides
 
A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
 
A parallelogram with congruent sides
 
A parallelogram with four congruent angles
 
A regular quadrilateral or an equilateral rectangle, or an equiangular rhombus
 
The set of all points on a plane equidistance from a point
 
A line segment from the center point of a circle to the edge of a circle
 
A line segment whose endpoints lie on the circle
 
A chord that passes through the center
 
A line that intersects the circle only once
 
Circles that share the same center
 
A diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships

 

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