Geometry Definitions
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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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