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Terms related to points, lines, planes, and postulates

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postulate   facts about geometry that are accepted as true  
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contrapositive   a conditional formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of the converse of a conditional statement  
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inverse   formed by negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement  
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construction   drawing completed using a compass and or straightedge  
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point   basic unit of geometry  
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converse   formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement  
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noncoplanar   points that do NOT lie on the same plane  
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coplanar   points that lie on the same plane  
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collinear   points that lie on the same line  
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noncollinear   points that do NOT lie on the same line  
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inductive reasoning   used to make a conclusion based on a pattern examples  
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conjecture   a conclusion you reach based on inductive reasoning  
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conditional statement   also known as if-then statements  
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formula   an equation that shows how certain quantities are related  
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counterexample   one example that shows a conjecture is not true  
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