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LANGSTONS GEOMETRY GLOSSARY

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PART 1-FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY

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DEFINITION #1. POINT

Point: names an exact location.

N Point N

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DEFINITION #2. LINE

Line: A line is straight and extends forever.

P M

MP

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DEFINITION #3. PLANE

Plane: A plane is a at surface that extends in all directions forever.
P

Plane PFH
H

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DEFINITION #4. LINE SEGMENT

Line Segment: A line segment is a straight line that has 2 end points.

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DEFINITION #5. RAY

Ray: A ray is a straight line that has one end point and one extension

P L

LP

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PART 2- ANGLES

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DEFINITION #6. ACUTE ANGEL

Acute Angle: An acute angel is always greater than 0 and less than 90.

E 35 A

EVA=35

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DEFINITION #7. RIGHT ANGLE

Right Angle: A right angle is exactly 90.

R H
90

RHT= 90

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DEFINITION #8. OBTUSE ANGLE

Obtuse Angle: Obtuse angels are angels that are less than 180 and greater than 90.

120

OBT=120

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Straight Angle: A straight angle is an angle that is exactly 180 and extends forever.

DEFINITION #9. STRAIGHT ANGLE

T
180

T YX=180

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PART 3- ANGLE RELATIONSHIPS

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DEFINITION #10. COMPLIMENTARY ANGLES

Complimentary Angles: A complimentary angle is an angle that adds up to 90.
C

P M O

COMP =90

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Supplementary Angles: A supplementary angle is an angle that adds up to 180.

DEFINITION #11. SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLES

L S U P m SUPL = 180

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DEFINITION # 11-1/3. VERTICAL ANGLE

Vertical Angle: Vertical angles are angles that are opposite of each other in an intersection, and are always congruent.
L

95 B 85 95 T S

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Parallel Lines: Parallel lines never intersect and go the same direction/angle.

DEFINITION #12. PARALLEL LINES

Z L S LS ZB

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DEFINITION #13. SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLES

Supplementary Angles: Supplementary angles are angles that add up to 180.

Supplementary Angles:

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PART 4- LINE RELATIONSHIPS

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Perpendicular Lines: Perpendicular Lines always intersect at 90.

DEFINITION #14. PERPENDICULAR LINES

Q M J H
C

JM _ I CH

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DEFINITION #15. SKEW LINES

Skew Lines: Skew Lines are in different planes and never intersect. They are not parallel.

C B P

CB & EP are skew

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PART 5- PARALLEL LINES WITH A TRANSVERSAL

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DEFINITION #16. TRANSVERSAL

Transversal: A transversal line goes through 2 parallel lines. Line C goes through the transversal.

line a line b

line c

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DEFINITION #17. CORRESPONDING ANGLES

Corresponding Angles: Corresponding angles are angles that face the same direction.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1&

5 are corresponding angles

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DEFINITION #18. ALTERNATE EXTERIOR ANGLES

Alternate Exterior Angles: Alternate exterior angles are angles that are on alternate sides of the transversal, congruent, and on the exterior of the parallel.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2&

7 are alternate exterior angles

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DEFINITION #20. ALTERNATE INTERIOR ANGLES

Alternate Interior Angles: Alternate interior angles are angles that are on the interior of the parallel lines and are on opposite sides of the transversal.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3&

6 are alternate interior angles

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PART 6- TRIANGLES

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DEFINITION #21. 180 TRIANGLE

If you add up all three measurements in a triangle, they will add up to 180

45

90

45

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DEFINITION #22. SCALENE TRIANGLE

Scalene Triangle: A scalene triangle has no congruent sides and no congruent angles.

1.6 in .6 cm 1.4 in

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DEFINITION #23. ISOSCELES TRIANGLE

Isosceles Triangle: An Isosceles triangle has 2 congruent sides and 2 congruent angles.

2.5

2.5

.5 cm

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DEFINITION #24. EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE

Equilateral Triangle: An Equilateral triangle is a triangle that has 3 congruent sides and 3 congruent angles.

1.9

1.9

1.9

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DEFINITION # 25. ACUTE TRIANGLE

Acute Triangle: An Acute triangle is a triangle that has 3 acute angles.
90 50 40

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DEFINITION #26. RIGHT TRIANGLES

Right Triangle: A Right triangle is a triangle with one right angle (90).
46

90

44

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DEFINITION #27. OBTUSE TRIANGLE

Obtuse Triangle: An Obtuse triangle has one obtuse angle (over 90).

15 150 15
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PART 7- QUADRILATERALS

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DEFINITION #28. QUADRILATERAL

Quadrilateral: A quadrilateral is a polygon with 4 sides that add up to 360.

Quadrilaterals

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DEFINITION #29.TRAPEZOID
Trapezoid: A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.

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DEFINITION #30. KITE

Kite: A kite is a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of congruent adjacent angles.

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DEFINITION#31. PARALLELOGRAM
Quadrilateral: A quadrilateral with 2 pairs of opposite, congruent, parallel sides. Opposite angles congruent.

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DEFINITION #32. RECTANGLE

Rectangle: Parallelogram with 4 right angles.

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DEFINITION #33. RHOMBUS

Rhombus: A rhombus is a parallelogram with 4 equal sides. The opposite angles are congruent.

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DEFINITION #34. SQUARE

Square: A square has 4 equal sides, 4 right angles, and 4 parallel sides.

All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.

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