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Geometry vocab

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conclusion   the phrase following the word, "then"  
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conditional statement   a statement that can be written in if-then form  
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conjecture   an educated guess based on known information  
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conjunction   a compound statement formed by joining two or more statements with the word "and"  
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contrapositive   negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of the converse statement (~q ~p)  
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converse   exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional.  
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counterexample   the false example  
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deductive argument   a group of algebraic steps used to solve problems  
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deductive reasoning   takes all sorts of facts, and takes those to determine whether the hypothesis is true or not(like science with experiments)  
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disjunction   a compound statement formed by joining two or more statements with the word "or"  
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hypothesis   the phrase following the word "if"  
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if-then statement   written in the form of if p, then q.  
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inductive reasoning   reasoning that uses a number of specific examples to arrive at a plausible generalization or prediction  
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inverse   negating both the hypothesis and conclusion of the conditional  
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negation   opposite meaning as well as the opposite truth value  
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paragraph proof   aka informal proof you write a paragraph to explain why a conjecture for a given situation is true.  
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postulate   aka axiom a statement that is accepted as true  
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proof   a logical argument in which each statement you make is supported by a statement that is accepted as true.  
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theorem   a statement that has been shown to be true, and can be used to justify that other statements are true.  
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truth value   the truth or falsity of a statement  
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two-column proof   aka formal proof contains statements and reasons organized in two columns  
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acute angle   the measure of the angle is less than 90  
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adjacent angles   two angles that lie in the same plane, have a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points  
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angle   formed by two noncollinear rays that have a common endpoint  
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angle bisector   a ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles  
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area   the number of square units needed to cover a surface  
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bases   Two parallel congruent faces  
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circumference   the distance around the circle  
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collinear   points on the same line  
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complementary angles   two angles with measures that have a sum of 90  
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concave   no points of the lines are in the interior  
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cone   A circular base and a vertex  
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congruent   segments that have the same measure  
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construction   methods of creating geometric figures without the benefit of measuring tools  
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convex   some of the lines pass through the interior  
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coplanar   points that lie on the same plane  
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cylinder   A solid with congruent circular bases in a pair of parallel planes  
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degree   the unit used for dividing the distance or circumference into parts. circles have 360 degrees  
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edges   The line segments where the faces interesect  
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face   Each flat surface  
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line   made up of points and has not thickness or width  
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linear pair   a pair of adjacent angles with noncommon sides that are opposite rays (supplementary and 180 degrees)  
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line segment   piece of a line with two endpoints.  
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midpoint   the point of the segment that divides the segment into two congruent segments  
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obtuse angle   the measure of the angle is less than 180 but more than 90  
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opposite rays   the point that determines exactly two rays  
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perimeter   the sum of the length of the sides of the polygon  
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perpendicular   lines, segments, or rays that form right angles  
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plane   a flat surface made up of points  
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point   a location  
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polygon   a closed figure whose sides are all segments  
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polyhedron   A solid with all flat surfaces that enclose a single region of space is called _______.  
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prism   A polyhedron with two parallel congruent faces called bases.  
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pyramid   A polyhedron with all faces (except for one) intersecting at one vertex is a _________.  
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ray   part of a line with one endpoint and extends indefinitely on the other end  
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right angle   the measure of the angle is 90  
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segment bisector   any segment, line, or plane that intersects a segment at its midpoint  
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sides   the rays make up the sides of the angle  
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space   a boundless, three-dimensional set of all points. space contains lines and planes  
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sphere   A set of points in space that are a given distance from a given point.  
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supplementary angles   two angles with measures that add up to a sum of 180  
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undefined terms   Words, usually readily understood, that are not formally explained by means of more basic words and concepts. The basic undefined terms of Geometry are point, line, and plane.  
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vertex   the common endpoint  
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vertical angles   two nonadjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines  
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