Geometry Vocabulary Unit 1

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1. Angles

1.1. Acute

1.1.1. Angle < 90 degrees

1.2. Obtuse

1.2.1. Angle > 90 degrees

1.3. Angles

1.3.1. The amount of turn between two straight lines that have a common end point (the vertex)

1.4. Right

1.4.1. Angle = 90 degrees

1.5. Straight

1.5.1. Angle = 180 degrees

2. Points

2.1. Midpoint

2.1.1. A point in the center of a segment

2.2. Point

2.2.1. A location in space

2.3. Endpoint

2.3.1. The point at the end of a ray or line segment

2.4. Vertex

2.4.1. Where two or more straight lines meet

3. Planes

3.1. Plane

3.1.1. A flat surface that is infinitely large and with zero thickness

3.2. Coplanar

3.2.1. A set of points, lines, line segments, rays, etc. that lie on the same plane

4. Lines

4.1. Line

4.1.1. The shortest distance between any two points on a plane

4.2. Segment

4.2.1. A part of a line that is bounded by two endpoints

4.3. Ray

4.3.1. A continuos line with a single endpoint

4.3.2. Opposite Rays

4.3.2.1. Two rays with a common endpoint

4.4. Bisector

4.4.1. The line that divides something into two equal parts

4.5. Collinear

4.5.1. When three or more points lie in a straight line

5. Lines and Planes

5.1. Congruent

5.1.1. Same shape and size

5.2. Conjecture

5.2.1. A statement thought to be true but not proven

5.3. Intersecting

5.3.1. Where lines or planes cross over (have a common point)

5.4. Perpendicular

5.4.1. Intersecting lines, or planes that form a right angle

5.5. Parallel

5.5.1. Always the same distance apart and never touching

5.6. Skew

5.6.1. Two nonparallel lines in space that do not intersect