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geometry definitions

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TriangleThree sided closed convex polygon
Pointa location in space with no dimension
Lineis made up of an infinite  number of points that go on forever if you move in one direction
Planeinfinite number of lines or points that go on FOREVER.
Co-planer-pointspoints that are on the same plane
Squareit has two sets of parallel lines that are all equal to one another
Right anglea 90 degree angle
Acute anglehas a measure less than 90degrees
Obtuse trianglea triangle with an angle that is more than 90 degrees
Scalene triangle- all sides of a triangle are different
Isosoles trianglewhen two sides are equal
Median of a trianglesline segment from a vertex to the middle of the side opposite
Quadrilateralfour sided figure
Pentagonpolygon with 5 sides
Hexagonpolygon with 6 sides
Equiangularall angles equal measure
equilateralall sides equal measure
angle bisectorray which cuts angle into two equal angles
altitude of a trianglesegment from one vertex to the opposide side making a right angle
incenterthe point of concurrency of the three angle bisectors of a triangle
circumcenterthe point of concurrency of the three perpendicular bisectors
orthocenterthe point of concurrency of the three altitudes of a triangle
centroidconcurrency of the three medians of a triangle
supplementary anglestwo angles that add to 180 degrees
complementary anglestwo angles that add to 90 degrees
vertical anglesangles formed by the intersection of two lines, and share the same vertex but not exteriior rays
linear pairtwo adjacent angles which share a side(ray) and their exterior rays form a straight line
alternate interior anglesopp sides of trans and inside parallel lines
alternate exterior anglesopp sides of trans and outside parallel lines
corresponding anglessame side of transversal and same side of parallel lines
probability of an outcomethe ratio of the number of ways in which that particular outcome can occur to the total number of outcomes
vertex angle of an isosceles trithe angle formed by te two congurent sides of an isos tri
base angles of an isosceles tritwo angles that each have as one side the base of an isos tri
base of an isosceles trithe side opposite the vertex angle in an isos tri
exterior anglean angle that forms alinear pair with one of the interior angles of the polygon
CPCTCcorrosponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent
rhombusparallelogram with four congruent sides
parallelogramquad with 2pr sides parallel
perpendicular bisectorcuts line/segment in half and is perp to it
midsegment of triangleline segment connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle
midsegment of trapline segment connecting the midpoints of the two nonparallel sides of the trap
isos trapa trapezoid whose two nonparallel sides are congruent
transformationeach point on a "moved" image can be paired with exactly one point of the original image
rigid transformationtransformation that preserves size and shape
translationmoving through space, parallel to itself
rotationrotating about a single point in space
reflectionsymmetry about a given line


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