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Foundations of Geometry

Vocabulary Definition Example

Undefined
A word without a formal definition.
Term

A point has ___ dimension. It is

Point
represented by a dot.

A line has ____ dimension. It is

Line represented by a line with two
arrowheads.

A plane has ____dimensions. It is

Plane represented by a shape that looks
like a floor or wall.

Collinear Points Points that lie on the same line.

Coplanar Points Points that lie on the same plane.

Terms that can be described using

Defined Terms
known words.

Part of a line that consists of two

Line Segment, points, called endpoints, and all the
Endpoints points on the line between the
endpoints.

The ray ⃗AB consists of the endpoint

Ray A and all points on ⃗
AB that lie on
the same side of A as B

´ between A
If points C lies on AB
Opposite Rays and B, then ⃗CA and ⃗CB are opposite
rays.

The intersection of two or more

geometric figures is the set of
Intersection
points that the figures have in
common.