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UNDEFINED TERMS

POINT
A position in space. It has only location but
no dimension, length, width, thickness and
does not occupy an area.
A point is names using a CAPITAL LETTER
and it can be modeled by a dot.
B C
A
D
All other geometric figures are made up of a
collection of points.
LINE
A straight, continuous arrangement of
infinitely many points. Its length is infinite. It
extends infinitely in two directions. It has no
thickness.

Arrowheads symbolizes infinity.


It is named by a single lower case script
letter or by any two points on a line (two
CAPITAL LETTERS).
d line d d
line AB or line BA
Two points determine a line. or
AB BA
POINT
A flat surface that extends infinitely along its
length and width. It is like an "infinite sheet
of paper". It has length and width but no
thickness.
It is named by a single script CAPITAL
LETTER or by any three points in the plane
which are not on the same line.
L I
plane D plane LEF
plane LIF plane EFI

plane IFE plane LIFE


D At least three noncollinear points
E F
determine a plane.

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