Unit 3 Flashcards
Construct
To create a geometric figure or line using only a compass straight edge and pencil
Duplicate
Making an exact copy of a figure using a straight edge compass and pencil
Segment bisector
A line Ray or segment that cuts a line segment at the midpoint
Perpendicular bisector
A line Ray r line segment that passes through the midpoint of a line segment at its midpoint at a 90 degree angle
Coincide
To occupy the same place in space, same point or time
Equidistant
The distances between a set of objects are equal
Median
A line segment joining from vertex to midpoint of opposite sides
Midsegment
Connecting the 2 midpoints of each side of a triangle
Distance from a point to a line
The length of a perpendicular segment from a point to a line
Altitude
The line segment through a vertex and perpendicular to the base
Concurency
When three or more lines intersect at a single point
Point of concurrency
The place where three or more lines intersect
Circumscribed
To be drawn around
Inscribed
To be drawn inside