U1 BASICS OF GEOMETRY DICTIONARY Name: P:

Word or Word Definition Picture or Example

Phrase
1.1
Undefined Terms
of Geometry

Point

Line

Plane

Collinear Points

Coplanar Points

Defined Terms

Line Segment
Or Segment

Endpoints
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Ray

Opposite Rays

Intersection The Intersection between two lines:

The intersection of two planes:

1.2
Postulate/Axiom

Coordinate

Construction

Congruent
Segments

Segment Addition
Postulate

Angle Addition
Postulate

1.3
Midpoint
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Midpoint Formula

Segment Bisector

Weighted Average

Distance Formula

Pythagorean
Theorem

1.4
Polygon

Convex Polygon

Concave Polygon

Perimeter
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Area Parallelogram: Parallelogram:

Triangle: Triangle:

1.5
Angle Sides of an angle

Interior of an angle

Exterior of an angle

Measure of an angle

Vertex

Acute Angle

Right Angle

Obtuse Angle

Straight Angle
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Congruent Angles

Angle Bisector

1.6
Adjacent Angles

Complementary
Angles

Supplementary
Angles

Linear Pair

Vertical Angles