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Angle: The Space Between Such Lines or Surfaces
Angle: The Space Between Such Lines or Surfaces
Acute Angle
The acute angle is the small angle which is less than 90
Right Angle
An angle of 90, as in a corner of a square
Obtuse Angle
An angle between 90 and 180 degrees
Compass
An instrument with two arms, one sharp and one with a pencil that can be used to draw circles or arcs
Protractor
An instrument used in measuring or drawing angles
Intersection A single point where two lines meet or cross each other
Parallel Extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant, and not meeting
Perpendicular
A straight line at an angle of 90 to a given line, plane, or surface
Vertex of an Angle
the common endpoint of the two rays
Skew
An oblique angle; a slant
Distance Formula
used to find the distance between two points
Segment Bisector
A point, ray, line, line segment, or a plane that intersects the segment at its midpoint
Pythagorean Theorem
The theorem that the sum of the squares of the lengths of the sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse
Congruent
Two objects are congruent if they have the same dimensions and shape
Non-Collinear
Points that are not all on the same line
Ray
a straight line extending from a point
Coplanar
In the same plane
Non-Coplanar
not on the same plane