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1st Quarter Geometry Vocabulary Review

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acute anglemeasures between 0 and 90 degrees
adjacent anglesangles that have a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points
angleformed by two noncollinear rays or segments that have a common endpoint
angle bisectora ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles
collinearon the same line
complementary anglestheir sum equals 90 degrees
concave"pointing in"
congruent"having the same measure"
convex"pointing out"
coplanaron the same plane
degree1/360 of a complete circle
linear pairtwo adjacent angles whose sum is 180 degrees
midpointhalfway between the endpoints of a segment
obtuse anglemeasures between 90 and 180 degrees
perimeterdistance around a figure or object
perpendicularintersects at a right angle
planea flat surface that extends indefinitely in all directions
lineextends indefinitely in two directions
pointa dimensionless location in space
polygona closed figure with three or more coplanar segment sides
raystarts at a point and extends indefinitely in one direction
"regular"convex, all sides congruent, all angles congruent
right anglemeasures 90 degrees
segment bisectordivides a segment into two congruent pieces
supplementary anglesangles whose sum is 180 degrees
vertexthe common endpoint shared by the sides of an angle
vertical anglesnonadjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines
compound statementformed by joining two or more statements
conjecturean educated guess based on given or known information
conjunctiona compound statement joined by the word "AND"
counterexampleused to show a statement is false
disjunctiona compound statement joined by the word "OR"
negationhas the opposite meaning and truth value of the original statement
truth valuethe truth or falsity of a statement


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