geometry glossary!!

by parker hanley

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part 1 - foundations

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point
a point names a location. Z = point z

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line
p H

a line is straight and extends forever

in both directions.

PH

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plane
A B C

a plane is at and extends in all

directions.

plane ABC

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line segment
T L

a line segment has two endpoints TL

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ray
K W

a ray has one endpoint and one end

that continues forever.

KW

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part 2 - angles

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acute angle
J P greater than 0 and less than 90 R

m<JRP = 45

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right angle
O R

exactly 90 m<ORB = 90

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obtuse angle
A P H

greater than 90 and less than 180 m<APH = 135

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straight angle
P N K

exactly 180 m<PNK = 180

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part 3 - angle relationships

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complementary angles

2 angles that add up to 90

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supplementary angles
2 angles that add up to 180

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vertical angles
E V I T R

<VIE=<TIR <VIT=<EIR

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adjacent angles
A D C a side. J

angles that share a vertex and share <ACD and <DCJ are adjacent

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part 4 - line relationships

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parallel lines

parallel lines go on forever and

never intersect.

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perpendicular
C J H M

intersect @ 90 JM CH

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Skew

the lines are skew.

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part 5 - parallel lines, transversal

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transversal
<-- line c line a --> line b -->

a transversal line goes through 2

parallel lines.

line c is the transversal

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corresponding angles
7 5 36 8 1 4 2

corresponding angles face the same

direction and are the same size <2 and <6, <7 and <3, <4 and <8

corresponding angles are <1 and <5,

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alternate exterior angles

f c

alternate exterior angles are angles

that are facing outward in opposite directions. angles

<c and <f are alternate exterior

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alternate interior angles

p k

alternate interior angles are facing

another line, but in opposite directions. angles

<p and <k are alternate interior

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part 6 - triangles

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triangle - 180
45

90

45

if you add up the measurements of

all 3 angles in a triangle they will answer 180

45+45+90=180

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scalene triangle
60 90 30

A scalene triangle has 0 equal sides and

angles.

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isosceles triangle

An isosceles triangle has 2 equal

sides and 2 equal angles

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equilateral triangle

An equilateral triangle has 3 equal

sides and 3 equal angles.

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acute triangle
59 64 62

An acute triangle is a triangle with 3

acute angles that add up to 180.

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right triangle

A right triangle has 1 right angle.

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obtuse triangle
100 40 40

An obtuse triangle is a triangle with

1 obtuse angle.

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part 7 Quadrilateral

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quadrilateral
a rectangle is a quadrilateral a square is a quadrilate ral

A quadrilateral is a polygon with 4

sides.

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trapezoid

A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with at

least 1 set of parallel sides.

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kite

A kite is a quadrilateral that has 4

sides that can be joined into 2 adjacent equal-length sides.

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parallelogram

a parallelogram is a quadrilateral
with 2 pairs of parallel sides

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rectangle

a rectangle is a parallelogram with 4

right angles

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rhombus

a rhombus is a parallelogram with 4

equal sides

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square

square is a rectangle with 4

congruent sides

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the end!!

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