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Lines and Line Segments. Geometry Vocabulary. POINT. A POINT IS AN EXACT POSITION. LINE. A LINE IS A SET OF POINTS THAT IS ENDLESS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. LINE SEGMENT. A LINE SEGMENT IS A PART OF A LINE IT HAS TWO ENDPOINTS. RAY.
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Lines and Line Segments Geometry Vocabulary
POINT • A POINT IS AN EXACT POSITION.
LINE • A LINE IS A SET OF POINTS THAT IS ENDLESS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
LINE SEGMENT • A LINE SEGMENT IS A PART OF A LINE IT HAS TWO ENDPOINTS.
RAY • A RAY IS PART OF A LINE THAT IS ENDLESS IN ONE DIRECTION. IT HAS ONE ENDPOINT.
INTERSECTING LINES • INTERSECTING LINES CROSS AT ONE POINT.
PARALLEL LINES • PARALLEL LINES NEVER CROSS
ANGLE AND VERTEX • AN ANGLE IS MADE BY TWO RAYS THAT HAVE THE SAME ENDPOINT. • THAT ENDPOINT IS CALLED THE VERTEX OF THE ANGLE.
RIGHT ANGLE • A RIGHT ANGLE MAKES A SQUARE CORNER. IT IS ALSO CALLED A 90-DEGREE ANGLE
ACUTE ANGLE • AN ACUTE ANGLE IS LESS THAN A RIGHT ANGLE
OBTUSE ANGLE • AN OBTUSE ANGLE IS GREATER THAN A RIGHT ANGLE