Geometry Terms
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an exact location in space | point
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a straight path that extends without end in opposite directions | line
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a flat surface that extends forever | plane
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a part of a line between two endpoints | segment
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a part of a line that starts at one endpoint and extends forever | ray
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an angle that measures 90 degrees | right angle
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an angle that measures less than 90 degrees | acute angle
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an angle that measures greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees | obtuse angle
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two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees | complementary angles
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two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees | supplementary angles
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having the same size and shape | congruent
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a pair of opposite congruent angles formed by intersecting lines | vertical angles
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lines in a plane that do not intersect | parallel lines
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lines that intersect to form right angles | perpendicular lines
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a line that intersects two or more lines | transversal
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the theorem that states that the measures of the angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees. | Triangle Sum Theorem
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a triangle with all angles measuring less than 90 degrees | acute triangle
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a triangle with one right angle | right triangle
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a triangle with three congruent sides and three congruent angles | equilateral triangle
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a triangle with at least two congruent sides and two congruent angles | isoceles triangle
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a triangle with no congruent sides and no congruent angles | scalene triangle
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a closed plane figure formed by three or more segments | polygon
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a closed plane figure with sides and angles of equal measures | regular polygon
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a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides | trapezoid
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a four sided polygon | quadrilateral
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a quadrilateral with four right angles | rectangle
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a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides | parallelogram
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a quadrilateral with four congruent sides | rhombus
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a quadrilateral with four right angles and four congruent sides | square
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a five sided polygon | pentagon
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a six sided polygon | hexagon
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an eight sided polygon | octogon
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a quadrilateral with two adjacent sets of congruent sides | kite
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