Geometry definitions
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| circle | the set of all points in a plane equal distance from a given point
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| secant | a segment that intersects a circle in 2 points with a point as an endpoint of a segment
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| central angle | an angle whose vertex is the center of the polygon and whose side contains 2 consecutive verticies
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| Tangent | line that intersects a circle in exactly 1 point
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| point of tangency | a point where the line touches the circle
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| radius | distance from the center to a point on the circle
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| congruent circles | 2 circles that have same radius
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| Major arc | > 180
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| Minor arc | < 180
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| sector | a region bounded by 2 radius of a circle and intercepted arc
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| semicircle | 180
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| arc length | circumferance of a circle
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| apothom | distance from center of polygon to any side
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| diameter | a chord that goes through the center of a circle
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| chord | segments whose end points ar on the circle
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| area of a rectangle | A= LW
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| obtuse triangle | all angles > 90
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| acute triangle | all angles < 90
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| median | a segment whose end points are a vertex of a triangle and mid points of opposite side
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| scale factor | the ratios of the lengths of 2 corresponding sides of 2 polygons
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| midsegment theorem | a segment that connects the mid points of the legs of a trapazoid
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