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Geometry Definitions

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Definition
Point   An exact position in space.  
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Line   An infinite set of points forming a straight path extending in two directions.  
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Line segment   A part of a line defined by two endpoints.  
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Plane   A flat surface that extends infinitely in all directions.  
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Parallel Planes   Two planes can be parallel to each other, when they are parallel they are in a line.  
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Angle   Two rays that share an endpoint.  
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Vertex   The point at which two line segments,lines, or rays meet to form an angle.  
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Complementary Angles   Two angles what have measures with a sum of 90 degrees  
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Supplementary Angles   Two angles that have measured to 180 degrees.  
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Congruent Angles   When two angles have the same measurement of angles.  
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Acute Angle   An angle that measures less than 90 degrees.  
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Obtuse Angle   An angle with a measurement greater than 90 and less than 180 degrees.  
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Right Angle   An angle that measures 90 degrees.  
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Straight Angle   An angle that measures 180 degrees.  
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Reflex Angle   An angle that measures more than 180 degrees.  
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Circle   A closed curve with all of its points in one plane and the same distance from a fixed point.  
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Radius   The segment or the length of a segment from the center of a circle to a point on the circle.  
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Diameter   A chord that passes through the center of a circle and has endpoints on a circle.  
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Chord   Any line segment that joins tow points on a circle.  
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Arc   The part curved between any two of its points.  
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Cicumference   The measure in a square units of the interior region of a 2D or 3D figure.  
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Polygons   A closed figure formed from a line segments that meet on ly at their endpoints.  
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Acute Triangle   Measures less than 90 degrees.  
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Obtuse Triangle   Measures greater than 90 degrees  
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Right Triangle   Measures 90 degrees.  
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Scalene Triangle   All sides measure different  
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Isosceles Triangle   2 sides measure the same  
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Equilateral Triangle   All sides have the same measurement  
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Parallelogram   A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel and congruent angles  
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Square   Parallelogram with 4 congruent sides and angles that are 90 degrees.  
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Recdtangle   A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent parallel sides and four right angles  
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Rhombus   A parallelogram where all 4 sides are equal in length.  
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Trapezoid   A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides  
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Pentagon   A polygon that has 5 sides  
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Hexagon   A polygon that has 6 sides  
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Octagon   A polygon that has 8 sides  
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Ray   A part of a line with one end point and extends indefinitely in one direction  
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Parallel Lines   Lines that always same the same distance apart and will never touch.  
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Perpendicular LInes   Lines that intersect and form a right angle.  
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