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Geometry Building Blocks
Definitions of some important terms
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Mathematics
9th Grade
12/14/2009

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Term
POINT
Definition
A location without size or dimension
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LINE
Definition
Continuous arrangement of infinetly many points extending forever in two directions
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PLANE
Definition
A flat surface extended infinetly around its edges
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COLLINEAR POINTS
Definition
Points on the same line
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COPLANAR POINTS
Definition
Three points in the same plane
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SEGMENTS AND THEIR ENDPOINTS
Definition
Two points and all the points between them that are collinear alongside the two points; the points at either end of a line segment
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RAY
Definition
A line extended infinetly in one direction
Term
ANGLES
Definition
Two non-collinear rays that pass through a common endpoint
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ANGLE VERTEX
Definition
The common endpoint of two rays that make up an angle
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INTERIOR OF AN ANGLE
Definition
An angle of a polygon that lies inside the polygon
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EXTERIOR OF AN ANGLE
Definition
The angle of a polygon that forms a linear pair with one of the interior angles
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PERPENDICULAR LINES
Definition
Lines are perpendicular if they meet at a 90 degree angle
Term
PARALLEL LINES
Definition
Lines that lie in the same plane but do not intersect
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SEGMENT BISECTORS
Definition
Lines/rays/segments that pass through the midpoint of a line segment in a place
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MIDPOINT
Definition
The point on the line segment that is the same distance between both endpoints
Term

ANGLE BISECTOR

Definition

A ray that has its endpoints on the vertex of the angle and that divides the angle itno two congruuent angles

Term
PERPENDICULAR BISECTOR
Definition

A line that divides a line segment into two congruent parts and is perpendicular to the line segment

Term
ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE
Definition

The perpendicular segment from a vertex to the base of a triangle or the plane containing the base 

Term
MEDIAN OF TRIANGLE
Definition
A line segment connecting a vertex of a triangle at the midpoint of the opposite side
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INCENTER
Definition
Point where a triangle 3 angle bisectors meet
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ORTHOCENTER
Definition
Point where triangle's 3 altitudes meet
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CIRCUMCENTER
Definition
The point of concurrency of a triangle's 3 perpendicular
Term
CENTROID
Definition

The point where a triangle's 3 medians meet

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