A | B |
parallel lines | coplanar lines that do not intersect |
skew lines | noncoplanar lines |
a parallel line and plane | line and plan that do not intersect |
transversal | line that intersects two or more coplanar lines in different points |
alternate interior angles | two nonadjacent interior angles on opposite sides of a transversal |
same side interior angles | two interior angles on same sides of a transversal |
corresponding angles | two angles in a corresponding position relative to two lines |
triangle | the figure formed by three segments joining three noncollinear points |
scalene triangle | triangle with no sides congruent |
isosceles triangle | triangle with at least two sides congruent |
right triangle | triangle with one right angle |
obtuse triangle | triangle with one obtuse angle |
equilateral triangle | triangles with all sides congruent |
acute triangle | triangle with three acute angles |
equiangular triangle | triangle with all angles congruent |
auxiliary line | a line/ray/segment added to a diagram to help in a proof |
corollary | statement that can be proved easily by applying a theorem |
polygon | figure formed by coplanar segments such that each segment intersects exactly two other segments one at each endpoint and having no two segments with a common endpoint |
convex polygon | polygon such that no line containing a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon |
quadrilateral | polygon with four sides |
pentagon | polygon with five sides |
hexagon | polygon with six sides |
octagon | polygon with eight sides |
decagon | polygon with ten sides |
nonconvex polygon | polygon such that a line containing a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon |
regular polygon | polygon that is both equiangular and equilateral |