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Chapter 1 Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| A location. It is represented by a dot. | Point |
| A series of points that extends in two opposite directions without end. It is represented by a line with two arrowheads. | Line |
| Parts of a line consisting of two endpoints. Line segments AB consist of two endpoints A and B and all the points between A and B. | Line Segment |
| Ray XY consists of an endpoint X and all of the points on line XY in the direction of Y. | Ray |
| Points that are on the same line. | Collinear Points |
| Points that are on the same plane. | Coplanar Points |
| Two rays that shear the same endpoint and extend in opposite directions. | Opposite Rays |
| Two or more geometric figures intersect if they have one or more points in common. | Intersection |
| A flat surface that has no thickness. It is represented by a shape that looks like a floor or a wall, but extends without end. | Plane |
| Is an if then statement. | Conditional |
| Is the part followed by the word if | Hypothesis |
| Is the part following the word then. | Conclusion |
| whether the statement is true or false. | The truth value of a statement is... |
| "if q, then p', the hypothesis and the conclusion switch. | The converse of the conditional "if p, then q"... |
| The converse is of a conditional exchange the hypothesis and conclusion. | Converse |
| Is a case in which the hypothesis is true and the conclusion is false. | Counterexample |