Geometry Vocab

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214 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

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Acute angle
Answer 1
An angle with a degree measure less than 90
Distance
Answer 2
The amount of space between two points.
Perpendicular lines
Answer 3
Lines that form right angles
Acute triangle
Answer 4
A triangle in which all the angles are acute angles.
Exterior
Answer 5
A point is in the exterior of an angle if it is neither on the angle nor in the interior of the angle.
Plane
Answer 6
A basic undefined term of geometry. a flat surface made up of points that has no depth and extends indefinitely in all directions.
Adjacent angle
Answer 7
Two angles that lie in the same plane, have a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points.
Interior
Answer 8
A point is in the interior of an angle if it does not lie on the angle itself and it lies on a segment with endpoints that are on the sides of the angle.
Point
Answer 9
A basic undefined term. a point is a locations. they are represented by a dot and are named by capital letters.
Angle
Answer 10
The intersection of two noncollinear ray at a common endpoint.
Line
Answer 11
A basic undefined term. it is made up of points and has no thickness of width.
Postulate
A statement that describes a fundamental relationship between the basic terms of geometry. they are accepted as true without proof.example: through any two points there is exactly one line.
Angle bisector
Answer 13
A ray that divided an angle into two congruent angles.
Line segment
Answer 14
A measurable paret of a line that consists of two points, called endpoints, and all of the points between them.
Ray
Answer 15
It is part of a line. it has one endpoint and extends indefinitely in one direction.