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Chapter 1 Geometry
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10th Grade
10/18/2012

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Point
Definition

 

A specific location in space with no size or shape.
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Line
Definition

A never-ending straight path[image]

 

 

 

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Segment
Definition

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ray
Definition

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

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Plane
Definition
A two-dimensional flat surface that extends in all directions.[image]
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Opposite Rays
Definition
Two rays that are part of the same line and have only their endpoints in common. In the figure, [image] and [image] are opposite rays.[image]
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Collinear 
Definition
Three or more points that lie on the same line. In the figure, PQ, and R are collinear points.


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Coplanar
Definition
Points or lines that lie in the same plane. In the plane M, points AB, and C are coplanar, and [image] and [image] are coplanar.[image]
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Angle
Definition
A figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint. In the figure, [image]RST is formed by [image] and [image] with the common endpoint (or vertex) S.[image]
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Midpoint
Definition
On a line segment, the point that is halfway between the endpoints.[image]


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Bisector
Definition
To separate something into two congruent parts.[image]
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Congruent
Definition
Having the same measure.[image]
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Vertex
Definition
The common endpoint of the rays forming the angle.[image]
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Acute Angles
Definition

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

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Obtuse Angles
Definition

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

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Right Angle
Definition

An angle that measures exactly 90°[image]

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Straight Angle
Definition

An angle that measures 180°.[image]

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Complementary Angles
Definition

Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90°. In the figure, [image]1 and [image]2 are complementary angles

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Supplementary Angles 
Definition

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

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Vertical Angles
Definition

Opposite angles formed by the intersection of two lines. In the figure, thevertical angles are [image]1 and [image]3, and [image]2 and [image]4.[image]

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Adjacent Angles
Definition
Angles that have the same vertex, share a common side, and do not overlap. In the figure, [image]1 and [image]2 are adjacent angles.[image]
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Linear Angles
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Perpendicular Lines 
Definition
Lines which meet to form right angles and whose slopes have a product of -1.[image]
 
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Polygon
Definition

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

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Triangle
Definition

A polygon having three sides.[image]

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Quadrilateral
Definition

A polygon having four sides.[image]

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Pentagon
Definition

Polygon with 5 sides[image]

 

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Hexagon
Definition
Polygon with 6 sides[image]
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Octagon
Definition
Polygon with 8 sides[image]
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Decagon
Definition
Polygon with 10 sides[image]
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Dodecagon
Definition

Polygon with 12 sides[image]

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N-gon
Definition
Polygon with n sides[image]
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Concave
Definition
A polygon for which a point on at least one of its diagonals lies outside the polygon[image]
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Convex
Definition

A polygon for which all diagonals are located in the interior of the polygon.[image]

 

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Regular
Definition

A polygon that has all sides congruent and all angles congruent.

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Irregular
Definition

A figure that cannot be classified as a single polygon.[image]

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Diagonal
Definition

A segment joining two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon

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Side
Definition
The segments that form a closed figure.[image]
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