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Unit 1 Geometry
Unit 1 Geometry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Straight angle | an angle whose measure equals 180 degrees |
| Congruent | Two angles with the same measure |
| Opposite rays | two collinear rays with the same endpoint (always form a line) |
| Collinear | Any two points that lie together on the same line |
| Coplanar | Points and lines that lie in the same plane and are together on a line |
| Complementary | Two angles that sum measures up to 90 degrees |
| Point | Has no dimension and is usually represented by a do |
| Obtuse angle | An angle that is between 90 and 180 degrees |
| Coplanar lines | lines that intersect to form right angles (perpendicular lines) |
| Line | extends in one dimension and is usually represented by a straight line with 2 arrowheads to indicate it extends without end in 2 directions. |
| Right angle | an angle whose measure equals to 90 degrees |
| Vertical angles | 2 angles that their sides form 2 pairs of opposite rays |
| Plane | A flat surface that has 3 non-collinear points and is 2 dimensional |
| Acute angle | an angle between 0-90 degrees |
| Angle | formed by 2 rays with an endpoint |
| Postulate or Axiom | an accepted state or fact |
| Supplementary | 2 angles that the sum of their measures is 180 degrees |
| Linear pair | 2 adjacent angles that noncommon sides are opposite rays |
| Segment | the part of a line consisting of 2 endpoints and all the points in between them |
| Perpendicular bisector | a line, segment or ray that is perpendicular to a segment at its midpoint |
| Transversal | a line that intersects two coplanar lines at 2 distinct points |
| Adjacent | 2 angles that share a common vertex and side, but have no common interior points |
| Segment bisector | a line, segment, or ray that intersects a segment at its midpoint |
| Angle bisector | a ray that divides an angle into 2 congruent angles |
| Theorem | a rule that has been proven |
| Space | the set of all points |
| Parallel lines | coplanar lines that never intersect |
| Skew | non-coplanar lines that never intersect |
| Midpoint | a point that divides a segment into 2 congruent segments |
| Ray | the part of a line consisting of 1 endpoint and all the points of the line on 1 side of the endpoint |