mrs taylor said that all the vocab will be on her final
this set is for chapter one only
Holt Geometry
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| 594982738 | acute angle | angle that measures greater than 0º and less than 90º | |
| 594982739 | adjacent angles | two angles in the same plane with a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points | |
| 594982740 | angle | a figure formed by two rays, or sides, with a common endpoint | |
| 594982741 | angle bisector | a ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles | |
| 594982742 | area | the number of non-overlapping square units of a given size that exactly cover the figure | |
| 594982743 | base | any side of a triangle | |
| 594982744 | between | what is B, if AB+BC=AC ( I don't know how to write that but it is on page 14) | |
| 594982745 | bisect | to divide | |
| 594982746 | circumference | the distance around the circle | |
| 594982747 | collinear | points that lie on the same line | |
| 594982748 | complementary angles | two angles whose measure have a sum of 90º | |
| 594982749 | congruent angles | angels that have the same measure | |
| 594982750 | congruent segments | segments that have the same length | |
| 594982751 | construction | a way of creating a figure that is more precise | |
| 594982752 | coordinate plane | a plane that is divided into four regions by a horizontal line (x-axis) and a vertical line (y-axis) | |
| 594982753 | coplanar | points that lie on the same plane | |
| 594982754 | degree | there are 360º in a circle, so one _______ is 1/360 of a circle | |
| 594982755 | diameter | a segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle | |
| 594982756 | distance | the absolute value of the difference of the coordinates | |
| 594982757 | endpoint | a point at one end of a segment or the starting point of a ray | |
| 594982758 | exterior of an angle | the set of all points outside the angle | |
| 594982759 | height | a segment from a vertex that forms a right angle with a line containing the base | |
| 594982760 | hypotenuse | the side across from the right angle that stretches from one leg to the other ( in a right triangle | |
| 594982761 | image | the resulting figure in a transformation | |
| 594982762 | interior of an angle | the set of all points between the sides of the angle | |
| 594982763 | leg | the two sides that form the right angle (in a right triangle) | |
| 594982764 | length | the distance between a and b | |
| 594982765 | line | an undefined term in geometry, that is a straight path that has no thickness and extends forever | |
| 594982766 | linear pair | a pair of adjacent angles whose non-common sides are opposite rays | |
| 594982767 | measured | angles are ___________ in degrees | |
| 594982768 | midpoint | the point that bisect the segment into two congruent segments | |
| 594982769 | obtuse angle | angle that measures greater than 90º and less than 180º | |
| 594982770 | opposite rays | two rays that have a common endpoint and form a line | |
| 594982771 | perimeter | the sum of the side lengths of the figure | |
| 594982772 | plane | an undefined term in geometry, it is a flat surface that has no thickness and extends forever | |
| 594982773 | point | undefined term in geometry, has a location but no size | |
| 594982774 | postulate | a statement that is accepted as true without proof | |
| 594982775 | preimage | the original figure in a transformation | |
| 594982776 | radius | a segment whose endpoints are the center of the circle and a point on the circle | |
| 594982777 | ray | a part of a line that starts at an endpoint and extends forever in one direction | |
| 594982778 | reflection | a transformation across a line, flip | |
| 594982779 | right angle | angle that measures 90º | |
| 594982780 | rotation | a transformation about a certain point, turn | |
| 594982781 | segment | the part of the line consisting of two points and all points between them | |
| 594982782 | segment bisector | and ray, segment, or line that intersects a segment at its midpoint | |
| 594982783 | straight angle | formed by two opposite rays and measures 180º | |
| 594982784 | supplementary angles | two angles whose measures have a sum of 180º | |
| 594982785 | transformation | a change in the position, shape, or size of a figure | |
| 594982786 | translation | a transformation in which all the points of a figure move the same distance in the same direction, slide | |
| 594982787 | undefined term | basic figures in geometry that cannot be defined by using other figures: points, planes, and lines | |
| 594982788 | vertex | the common endpoint of an angle | |
| 594982789 | vertical angles | two nonadjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines | |
| 594982790 | coordinate | the number that a point corresponds to | |
| 594982791 | L+L+W+W ( or for triangle a+b+c) | the formula for perimeter | |
| 594982792 | L × W | the formula for area ( square and rectangle) | |
| 594982793 | BH ÷ 2 | the formula for area (triangle) | |
| 594982794 | 2(pi)r | the formula for circumference | |
| 594982795 | (pi) r² | the formula for area ( circle) |
