Basic Terms

 

This document is designed for you to write definitions of terms as you understand and give them meaning.

 

 

Point

 

 

Line 

 

 

Plane

 

 

Collinear

 

 

Coplanar

 

 

Segment

 

 

Endpoints

 

 

Length of segment

 

 

 

Ray

 

 

Angle

 

 

Vertex of the angle

 

 

Sides of the angle

 

 

Interior

 

 

Exterior

 

 

Intersect/intersection

 

Postulate

 

 

Axiom

 

Theorem

 

 

Postulate/Axiom

The intersection of two lines is a _____________________________________________.

The intersection of two planes is a ___________________________________________.

Through any two points there is exactly one ___________________________________.

Through any three noncollinear points there is exactly one _______________________.

If two points are in a plane, then the line containing them _______________________.