A | B |
acute angle | An angle whose measure is less that 90 degrees. |
obtuse angle | An angle whose measure is more than 90 degrees. |
right angle | An angle whose measure is exactly 90 degrees. |
complementary angles | Two angles whose sum is 90 degrees. |
supplementary angles | Two angles whose sum is 180 degrees. |
adjacent angles | Two angles that share a common side. |
vertical angles | Two angles that are formed by two intersecting lines. |
non-adjacent angles | Two angles that do not share a common side. |
straight angle | An angle whose measure is 180 degrees. |
angle | A figure formed by joining two rays. |
vertex | The point where two rays intersect to form an angle. |
protractor | An instrument used to measure angles. |
congruent angles | Angles that have the same measure. |
angle bisector | A ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles. |
alternate interior angles | pairs of angles formed by two lines and a transversal making a "z" pattern |
transversal | a line that intersects two other lines |
corresponding angles | pairs of angles formed by two lines and a transversal making an "f" pattern |
co-interior angles | pairs of angles inside two lines on the same side of the transversal that make a "c" pattern |
parallel lines | two lines that never intersect |
right triangle | a triangle with one right angle |
acute triangle | a triangle whose angles all measure less than 90 degrees |
obtuse triangle | a triangle that contains one obtuse angle |
scalene triangle | a triangle with no sides congruent |
isosceles triangle | a triangle with two congruent sides |
equilateral triangle | a triangle with three congruent sides |
perpendicular lines | two lines that form four right angles |
parallel lines | two lines that never meet |
line segment | a part of a line with two endpoints |
ray | a part of a line with one endpoint |
vector | a directed line segment that has direction and length |
midpoint | the halfway point on a line segment |