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Chapter 7 Vocabulary

Practice your geometry vocabulary words!

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pointan exact location in space
linea straight path that extends without end in opposite directions
raya part of a line that starts at one endpoint and extends forever
line segmenta part of a line that extends from one endpoint to another
planea perfectly flat surface that extends infinitely in all directions
congruenthaving the same shape and size
anglea figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint
vertexthe point where two sides intersect
right anglean angle that measures exactly 90 degrees
acute anglean angle that measures less than 90 degrees
obtuse anglean angle that measures more than 90 degrees
straight anglean angle that measures exactly 180 degrees
complementary anglestwo angles whose measures add to 90 degrees
supplementarytwo angles whose measures add to 180 degrees
perpendicular linestwo lines that intersect two form right angles
parallel lineslines that do not intersect
skew lineslines that lie in different planes, and are neither parallel nor intersecting
vertical anglesopposite angles formed by two intersecting lines
transversala line that intersects two or more lines
circlethe set of all points in a plane that are the same distance from a given point
center of a circlethe point inside a circle that is the same distance from all the points on the circle
radiusline segment whose endpoints are the center of the circle and any point on the circle
diameterline segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle
chordline segment whose endpoints are any two points on the circle
arcpart of a circle named by its endpoints
central anglean angle with its vertex at the center of a circle
sectora part of a circle enclosed by two radii and an arc connecting them



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