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Conjecture | An unproven statement that is based on observations |
Inductive Reasoning | A process that includes looking for patterns and making conjectures |
Counterexample | An example that shows a conjecture is false |
Point | A location in space |
Line | Infinitely many points extending in one dimension |
Plane | Infinitely many points extending in two dimensions |
Collinear Points | Points that lie on the same line |
Coplanar Points | Points that lie on the same plane |
Line Segment | Part of a line consisting of the endpoints and all points between |
Ray | Part of a line consisting of the initial point and all points in one direction |
Opposite Rays | Two collinear rays that have the same initial point but go opposite directions |
Intersect | Two or more geometric figures that have one or more points in common |
Postulates (axioms) | Rules that are accepted without proof |
Distance (length) | The absolute value of the difference between coordinates |
Angle | Two different rays (sides) that have the same initial point (vertex) |
Interior Point | Any point that lies between the sides of an angle |
Exterior Point | Any point that does not lie between the sides of an angle |
Acute Angle | An angle whose measure is less than 90° |
Right Angle | An angle whose measure is equal to 90° |
Obtuse Angle | An angle whose measure is more than 90° but less than 180° |
Straight Angle | An angle whose measure is equal to 180° |
Adjacent Angles | Two angles that share a common vertex and a side, but have no common interior points |
Midpoint | The point in the middle of two given points |
Segment Bisector | A segment, ray, line, or plane that intersects a segment at its midpoint |
Angle Bisector | A ray that divides an angle into two adjacent angles that are congruent |
Vertical Angles | Two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays |
Linear Pair | Two adjacent angles with noncommon sides as opposite rays |
Complementary Angles | Two angles whose sum is 90° |
Supplementarv Angles | Two anqles whose sum is 180° |