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Geometry FlashCards
Geometry Vocabulary
10
Mathematics
10th Grade
08/25/2011

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Point

Definition
The geometric figure formed at the interection of two distant lines.
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Line

Definition
 A line is the straight path connecting two points and extending beyond the points in both direction.
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Plane

Definition

A flat surface extending in all directions. Any three noncollinear points lie on one and only one plane. So do any two distinct intersecting lines. A plane is a two-dimensional figure.

 

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Ray

Definition
 A part of a line starting at a particular point and extending infinitely in one direction.
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Segments

Definition

All points between two given points including the given points themselves.

Example:    line segment [image]

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Collinear Points

Definition

Lying on the same line.

 

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Coplanar Points

Definition

Lying in the same plane. For example, any set of three points in space are coplanar.

 

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Space
Definition
Set of all points.
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Opposite Rays 

Definition
points that go in opposite directions.
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Intersection

Definition

Intersection of Sets

The elements two or more sets have in common. Intersection is indicated by the ∩ (cap) symbol.

 

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