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Geometry
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| definition | term |
|---|---|
| point that lie on the same line | collinear |
| a straight path that no thickness and extends forever | line |
| a flat surface that no thickness and extends forever | plane |
| location that has no size | point |
| basic figure that is not defined in terms of other figures | undefined term |
| points that lie in the same plane | coplanar |
| two rays that have a common endpoint and form a line | opposite rays |
| a point at an end of a segment or the starting point of a ray | endpoint |
| a part of a line that starts at an endpoint and extends forever in one direction | ray |
| a statement that is accepted as true without proof, also called an axion | postulate |
| the common endpoint of the sides of an angle | vertex |
| a part of a line consisting of two endpoints and all points between them | segment |
| unit of angle measure | degree |
| the point that divides a segment into two congruent segments | midpoint |
| to divide into two congruent parts | bisect |
| a figure formed by 2 rays with a common endpoint | angle |
| the use of units to find a size or quantity | measure |
| a line, a ray, or segment that divides a segment into 2 congruent segments | segment bisector |
| the nonadjacent angles formed by 2 intersecting lines | vertical angles |
| an angle formed of 2 opposite rays that measure 180 | straight angle |
| an angle that measures greater than 0 and less than 90 | acute angle |
| an angle that measure 90 | right angle |
| the set of all points between the sides of an angle | interior of an angle |
| an angle that measures greater than 90 and less an 180 | obtuse angle |
| the set of all points outside an angle | exterior of an angle |
| two angles in the same plane with a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points | adjacent angles |
| two angles whose measures have a sum of 90 | complementary angles |
| two angles whose measures have a sum of 180 | supplementary angles |
| a ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles | angle bisector |
| a pair of adjacent angles whose non common sides are opposite rays | linear pair |
| angles that have the same measure | congruent angles |