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Geometry Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Supplementary Angles | Two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees |
Complementary Angles | Two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees |
Straight Angle | An angle that measures exactly 180 degrees |
Vertex | The point of intersection of the two rays that form an angle, the common endpoint of an angle |
Adjacent Angles | Two angles share a common side and a common vertex |
Vertical Angles | Two non-adjacent angles formed by the intersection of two lines, opposite angles |
Congruent Angles | Same angle in degrees |
Acute Angle | An angle who is smaller than 90 degrees |
Obtuse Angle | An angle that is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees |
Angle | the figure formed by 2 rays sharing a vertex |
Perpendicular Lines | 2 lines that meet at a right angle |
Right Angle | Angle who measures exactly 90 degrees |
Parallel Lines | 2 lines that don't meet |
Ray | Line with a single endpoint |
Segment | Part of a line that is bounded by 2 end points |
Transversal | A line that cuts across 2 or more lines |
Bisect | Dividing Line of 2 lines |
Corresponding | When 2 lines are crossed by another line, the angles of the matching corners |
Midpoint | The point on a line segment that divides it into 2 equal parts |