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Semester 1 Geometry Vocabulary

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Acute angleAngle with measure less than 90 degrees
Adjacent anglesAngles with a common vertex, common side and no interior points in common
AngleUnion of two rays with common end point that are non-collinear
BisectTo cut in two equal parts
Complementary anglesTwo angles with a sum of 90 degrees
CongruentTwo figures with equal measure
LineA series of points that extend in opposite directions without end
MidpointPoint that divides a segment into two equal parts
Obtuse angleAngle with measure greater than 90 degrees
Parallel linesLines in the same plane that don't intersect
Perpendicular linesTwo lines that intersect to form right angles
PlaneA flat surface with no thickness that extends indefinitely in all directions
PointA position in space with no size
RayA part of a line that is bounded by one endpoint
Right angleAngle with measure of 90 degrees
SegmentA part of a line that is bounded by two endpoints
Skew linesNon-coplanar lines that do not intersect
Supplementary anglesTwo angles with a sum of 180 degrees
VertexThe common endpoint of two rays or segments
Vertical anglesTwo non-adjacent angles formed when two lines intersect
Acute triangleTriangle with all acute angles
AltitudeAny line segment from a vertex perpendicular to the base, also the height of a figure
Equilateral triangleTriangle with all sides equal
Isosceles triangleTriangle with at least two equal sides
Median (triangle)In a triangle, the segment that joins a vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side
Obtuse triangleTriangle with one obtuse angle
Right triangleTriangle with a right angle
Scalene triangleTriangle with no equal sides
SimilarFigures with corresponding angles congruent and corresponding sides in equal rations
DiagonalA segment that connects nonconsecuive vertices of a polygon
HexagonSix sided figure
ParallelogramPolygon with opposite sides that are parallel
PentagonPolygon with five sides
PolygonPlane figure with segments for sides
QuadrilateralFour sided polygon
Regular polygonA polygon with all sides and angles congruent
RhombusQuadrilateral with four equal sides
TrapezoidQuadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides


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