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Lesson 1-1 to 1-4
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| POINT | A precise location or place on a plane. Usually represented by a dot. Has no dimension or size |
| LINE | A one-dimensional figure, which has length but no width. Consists of infinitely many points on a straight path that extends in two opposite directions with no end and no thickness |
| PLANE | Consists of infinitely many points and lines on a flat surface that extends without end and has no thickness. |
| UNDEFINED TERMS | Terms whose meanings are accepted without formal definitions. Including the terms point, line, and plane are the basic building blocks of Geometry |
| DEFINED TERMS | In Geometry, new terms are defined using previously defined or known terms |
| SEGMENT | The part of a line that consists of two endpoints, and all points of the line between them. |
| RAY | A ray is the part of a line that consists of one endpoint and all the points of the line on one side of the endpoint. |
| OPPOSITE RAYS | Rays with the same endpoint that lie on the same line. |
| ANGLE | Formed by two rays with the same endpoint. Each ray is a side of the angle and the common endpoints is the vertex of the angle. |
| LENGTH OF A SEGMENT | Distance between two points (A NUMERICAL VALUE) |
| MEASURE OF AN ANGLE | The measure/degree an angle makes (numerical value) |
| COLLINEAR POINTS | Points that lie on the same line |
| COPLANAR POINTS | Points on the same plane |
| POSTULATE | A statement that is assumed to be true |
| CONGRUENT SEGMENT | Segments that hav ethe same length |
| CONGRUENT ANGLES | Angles that have the same measure |
| ANGLE BISECTOR | A ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles |
| MIDPOINT | The point that divides the segent into two congruent segments |
| INDUCTIVE REASONING | A type of resoning that reaches conclusions based on a pattern of specific examples or past events |
| CONJECTURE | An unproven statement or rule that is based on inductice reasoning |
| COUNTER EXAMPLE | An example that shows a statement or conjecture is false |