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Cornelison - Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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GEOMETRY   the branch of mathematics that is concerned with the properties and relationships of points, lines, angles, curves, surfaces, and solids; it literally means “to measure the earth”  
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POSTULATE or AXIOM   a set of universally accepted statements  
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DEDUCTIVE REASONING or LOGICAL REASONING   the process of demonstrating that if certain statements are accepted as true, then other statements can be shown to follow from them  
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THEOREM   a statement that has been proved  
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COMPASS   an instrument used to draw circles  
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INDUCTIVE REASONING   the process of observing data, recognizing patterns, and making generalizations from the observations  
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CONJECTURE   the generalization a mathematician makes when using inductive reasoning  
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COUNTEREXAMPLE   a case that proves the conjecture wrong  
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POINT, LINE, AND PLANE   the three undefined terms in geometry  
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COLLINEAR   points that lie on the same line  
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COPLANAR   points and lines that lie in the same plane  
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RAY   part of a line that consists of a point (initial point) and all the points in one direction  
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OPPOSITE RAYS   two rays that are part of the same line, have the same initial point, and go in opposite directions  
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LINE SEGMENT   part of a line that consists of two points (endpoints) and all the points between them that lie on the line containing the two points  
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MIDPOINT   the point in the middle of the segment  
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ANGLE   two rays that share a common endpoint, provided the two rays do not lie on the same line  
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VERTEX   the common endpoint of the two rays that form an angle  
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ANGLE BISECTOR   a ray (or segment) that has an endpoint on the vertex of the angle and that divides the angle into two adjacent, congruent angles  
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COMPLEMENTARY ANGLES   two angles whose measures add to 90 degrees  
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SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLES   two angles whose measures add to 180 degrees  
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ADJACENT ANGLES   two angles in the same plane that have a common side, a common vertex, but no common interior points  
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LINEAR PAIR   two adjacent angles whose noncommon sides form opposite rays  
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VERTICAL ANGLES   two nonadjacent angles formed by intersecting lines  
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SEGMENT BISECTOR   a line that passes through the midpoint of a segment  
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CIRCUMFERENCE   the distance around a circle  
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AREA   the measure of the region enclosed by a plane figure  
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PERIMETER   the distance around a polygon  
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CONDITIONAL STATEMENT   a statement written in “if-then” form  
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HYPOTHESIS   the “if” part of a conditional  
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CONCLUSION   the “then” part of a conditional  
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PERPENDICULAR LINES   coplanar lines that never intersect  
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CONVERSE   the statement formed by switching the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement  
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BICONDITIONAL STATEMENT   a statement that contains the phrase “if and only if”  
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