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Basic Geometry Vocabulary

Vocabulary words having to do with Plane Geometry.

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angletwo rays with a common endpoint
bisectora line, segment, or ray that passes through the midpoint
collinearbelonging to the same line
congruentsame size, same shape
parallel lineslines in the same plane that do not intersect
skew linesnon-coplanar lines
coplanarbelonging to the same plane
perpendicular lineslines that meet to form right angles
intersectionpoints shared by two figures
postulatea statement that is accepted without proof
theorema statement that can be proven
segmentpart of a line with two endpoints
raypart of a line with one endpoint
vertexthe common endpoint of two rays
right anglemeasures exactly 90 degrees
obtuse anglemeasures between 90 and 180 degrees
acute anglemeasures between 0 and 90 degrees
straight anglemeasures exactly 180 degrees



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