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Basic Geometry Terms
Vocabulary for Geometry
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Mathematics
7th Grade
02/25/2010

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Term
Definition
a location in space without size/shape
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Line
Definition
an infinite number of points extending in opposite directions forever
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plane
Definition
at least 3 non-linear points that makes a 2 dimensional flat surface
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line segment
Definition
an infinite number of points that extents straight between 2 endpoints
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ray
Definition
an infinite number of points that extends from one point in one direction (straight) forever
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angle
Definition
2 rays that meet at a common endpoint called a vertex
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right angle
Definition
an angle that measures 90 degrees
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Obtuse Angle
Definition
An angle that measures greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees
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Straight Angle
Definition
an angle that measures exactly 180 degrees
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Complementary Angles
Definition
2 angles whose sum measures 90 degrees
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Supplementary Angles
Definition
2 angles whose sum measures 180 degrees
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vertex
Definition
intersection where two lines, rays, line segments meet
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acute angle
Definition
an angle that measures less than 90 degrees but greater than 0 degrees
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congruent
Definition
to be equal in measure
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bisect
Definition
to cut something into 2 equal parts
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parallel lines
Definition
2 lines in the same plane that never intersect (railroad tracks)
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transveral
Definition
a line, ray, or line segment that crosses 2 or more other lines
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vertical angles
Definition
opposite angles that are created from 2 intersecting lines
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alternate interior angles
Definition
2 angles that are between 2 lines and on the opposite side of a transversal
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corresponding angles
Definition
2 angles that are on the same side of a transversal and one is inside a set of parallel lines and the other is outside the parallel lines
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segment bisector
Definition
a line that cuts a segment into 2 equal parts
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perpendicular lines (orthogonal)
Definition
2 lines that intersect at right angles
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midpoint
Definition
the point on line that is halfway between two endpoints
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congruent segments
Definition
2 segments that are equal in length
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