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ph math ch 7 vocabulary words

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point   tells a location  
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line   series of points that have no end  
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segment   part of a line but it has two endpoints  
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intersecting lines   lines that cross at one point  
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parallel lines   lines that never cross  
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angle   formed by two rays or line segments  
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vertex   point where two line segments or rays meet  
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acute angle   an angle between 0 and 90  
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right angle   an angle that is exactly 90  
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obtuse angle   an angle that is between 90 and 180  
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straight angle   an angle that is exactly 180a line  
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complementary angle   two angle measurements that when added equal 90  
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supplementary angle   two angle measurements that when added equal 180  
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adjacent angles   side by sideshare a vertex and a side  
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vertical angles   angles across from each othershare a vertex but no sidescongruent  
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congruent angles   two angles exactly the same measurement  
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midpoint   point that divides a line segment into two equal parts  
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perpendicular lines   two lines that form right angles  
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arc   part of circle  
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angle bisector   a line that divides an angle into two congruent or equal angles  
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congruent   ~=  
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congruent sides   sides that are the same length  
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triangle   3 sided closed polygon  
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scalene triangle   a triangle with no congruent sides  
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isosceles triangle   a triangle with at least 2 congruent sides  
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equilateral triangle   a triangle with all sides congruent  
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sum of angles in triangle   180  
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right triangle   a triangle with one right angle  
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acute triangle   a triangle with 3 acute angles  
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obtuse triangle   a triangle with one obtuse angle and two acute angles  
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polygon   closed plane figure with sides formed by line segments  
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quadrilateral   a polygon with four sides  
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pentagon   a polygon with five sides  
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hexagon   a polygon with six sides  
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heptagon   a polygon with seven sides  
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octagon   a polygon with eight sides  
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nonagon   a polygon with nine sides  
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decagon   a polygon with ten sides  
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regular polygon   a polygon with all sides congruent and all angles congruent  
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irregular polygon   a polygon with no sides or angles congruent  
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trapezoid   a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides  
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isosceles trapezoid   a trapezoid with congruent non-parallel sides  
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parallelogram   a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel and congruent  
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rectangle   parallelogram with four right angles  
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square   a parallelogram with four right angles and four congruent sides  
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rhombus   a parallelogram with four congruent sides and no right angles  
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circle   a set of points that are the same distance from the center  
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radius   segment from the center to a point on the circle  
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diameter   segment from one point on circle through the center to another point on the circle  
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chord   segment from one point on circle to another point on circle. Does not go through the circle.  
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central angle   an angle in the circle where the vertex is the center of the circle  
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semi-circle   half of the circumference of a circle  
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circle graph   a graph of data where a circle represents the whole (100%)  
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