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Geometry Terms Flashcards

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What is a Point?

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Definition: That which has no part.

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What is a line?

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Definition: A line is a widthless length.

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What is a plane?

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Definition: Just width and Length.

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What is a line segment?

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Definition: Part of a line with two endpoints.

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What is a ray.

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Definition: A portion of a line with one endpoint that extends forever in the other direction.

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What is an angle?

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Definition: Formed by two rays with a common endpoint.

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What is a vertex?

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Definition: Common endpoint in an angle.

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What is a Right angle?

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Definition: An angle equal to 90º.

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What is an acute angle?

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Definition: An angle less than 90º.

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What is an obtuse angle?

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Definition: An angle greater that 90º

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What is a strait angle?

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Definition: An angle equal to 180º

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What is a complementary angle?

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Definition: Two angles whose sum is 90º

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What is a supplementary angle?

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Definition: Two angles whose sum is 180º

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What does congruent mean?

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Definition: 2 equal shapes (line segments and angles)

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What are perpendicular lines?

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Definition: Two lines or rays that meet at right angles.

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What are parallel lines?

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Definition: Coplanar lines that never meet.

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What are skew lines?

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Definition: Two non-coplanar lines that do not intersect.

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What are adjacent angles?

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Definition: Two angles that are next to each other. The have a common angle and a common side but no common interior points.

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What are vertical angles?

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Definition: Opposite angles formed by two intersecting lines.

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What is a transversal line?

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Definition: A line that intersects parallel lines.

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What are corresponding angles?

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Definition: Angles that are formed by the same transversal lines.

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What is a polygon?

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Definition: Many-sided closed planar figure.

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What is a regular polygon?

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Definition: All side lengths and angles are congruent.

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What is a triangle?

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Definition: 3-sided polygon.

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What is a quadrilateral?

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Definition: 4-sided polygon.

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