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stupid math vocab
Term | Definition |
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Geometry | The study of shapes |
Point | No exact location in a space that has no size |
Plane | Infinitely many intersecting lines in which extend forever in all directions |
Space | The set of all of the points expanding in three dimensions |
Collinear | Points that lie in the same line |
Coplanar | Points which live in the same plane |
Endpoint | Point at the end of the line |
Line segment | Part of a line with two endpoints |
Ray | Part of a line with only one endpoint that extends forever |
Intersection | A point or set of points where lines, planes, or rays intersect eachother |
Postulates | Basic rules of geometry |
Theorem | A statement that can be proven true |
Translation | Moves every point in a figure the same distance and same direction |
Reflection | A transformation that turns a figure into its mirror image by flipping it |
Line of reflection | The line a figure is reflected over |
Rotation | A transformation by which a figure is turned around to create an image |
Center of rotation | The fixed point that a figure is rotated on |
Composition | To preform more than one rigid transformations on a figure |
Glide reflection | A composition of a reflection and a translation parallel to the line of reflection |