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the language of geometry

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POINT   AN EXACT LOCATION IN SPACE WITH INDEFINITE SHAPE AND SIZE  
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LINE   AN OBJECT WITH NO THICKNESS THAT EXTENDS INFINITELY IN TWO DIRECTIONS  
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PLANE   A FLAT SURFACE THAT EXTENDS INFINITELY IN ALL DIRECTIONS  
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COLLINEAR   POINTS THAT LIE ON THE SAME LINE  
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COPLANAR   POINTS THAT LIE ON THE SAME PLANE  
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SEGMENT   A “PIECE” OF A LINE CONSISTING OF 2 ENDPOINTS AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN.  
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RAY   A “PIECE” OF A LINE THAT BEGINS AT A CERTAIN POINT KNOWN AS AN ENDPOINT AND EXTENDS INFINTELY IN ONE DIRECTION  
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ANGLE   THE UNION OF TWO RAYS WITH A COMMON ENDPOINT  
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OPPOSITE RAYS   TWO RAYS SHARING AN ENDPOINT AND CONTINUING INFINITELY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS  
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SKEW LINES   NON – COPLANAR LINES THAT NEVER INTERSECT  
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PARALLEL LINES   TWO OR MORE COPLANAR LINES THAT HAVE NO POINTS IN COMMON OR ARE IDENTICAL  
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PERPENDICULAR LINES   TWO SEGMENTS, RAYS, OR LINES ON THE SAME PLANE THAT INTERSECT AND FORM RIGHT ANGLES  
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PARALLEL PLANES   PLANES THAT HAVE NO POINTS IN COMMON  
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NON COLLINEAR   POINTS THAT DO NOT LIE ON THE SAME LINE  
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TRIANGLE   A PLANE FIGURE WITH THREE STRAIGHT SIDES AND THREE ANGLES  
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HEXAGON   A POLYGON WITH SIX SIDES  
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NONAGON   A POLYGON WITH NINE SIDES  
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HEPTAGON   A POLYGON WITH SEVEN SIDES  
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DECAGON   A POLYGON WITH TEN SIDES  
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PENTAGON   A POLYGON WITH FIVE SIDES  
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OCTAGON   A POLYGON WITH EIGHT SIDES  
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DODECAGON   A POLYGON WITH TWELVE SIDES  
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SEGMENT ADDITION POSTULATE   If Q is between P & R, then PQ + QR = PR If PQ + QR = PR, then Q is between P & R.  
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MIDPOINT   THE POINT ON A SEGMENT THAT SPLITS THE SEGMENT INTO TWO EQUAL PARTS  
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ANGLE ADDITION POSTULATE   If D is in the interior of ∠ABC, then m∠ABD+m∠DBC=m∠ABC  
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ANGLE BISECTOR   A RAY THAT SPLITS AN ANGLE INTO TWO EQUAL PARTS  
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UNDECAGON   A POLYGON WITH ELEVEN SIDES  
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