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Geometry Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Acute angleMeasure is less than 90
Adjacent anglesShare a vertex and common side without overlapping
AngleTwo rays with a common endpoint
Angle bisectorRay that cuts an angle into two congruent angles
CollinearOn the same line
CoplanarIn the same plane
Complementary anglesSum of measures is 90
CongruentThe same size and shape
CoordinateA number that corresponds to a point
Linear pairTwo angles that are adjacent and supplementary
MidpointThe point on a line that is equidistant from the endpoints
Obtuse angleMeasure is between 90 and 180
PerpendicularForming a right angle
Right angleMeasure is exactly 90
Straight angleMeasure is exactly 180
ConjunctionThe combining of two statements with "and"
DisjunctionThe combining of two statements with "or"
IntersectionThe set of points common to two or more figures
DistanceThe difference between the coordinates of two points
LineA one-dimensional figure with no endpoints
PointA location in space with no dimensions
PlaneA two-dimensional surface
PostulateA statement that is accepted without being proven
TheoremA statement that has been proven
SpaceThe set of all points
ProofA logical series of statements leading to a conclusion
RayA set of collinear points with only one endpoint
SegmentTwo endpoints and all the collinear points between them
Supplementary anglesSum of angle measures is 180
VertexThe common endpoint of the rays that make up an angle


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