Topic 1 Vocabulary

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Point

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Is a location and has no size.

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Line

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Consists of infinitely many points on a straight path that extends in two opposite directions with no end and no thickness

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Segment

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Part of the line that consists of two endpoints and all points between them.

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Inductive Reasoning

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A type of reasoning that reaches conclusions based on a pattern of specific examples or past events

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Collinear

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Points that lie on the same line.

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Plane

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Consists of infinitely many points and lines on a flat surface that extends without end and has no thickness.

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Counterexample

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An example that shows a statement or conjecture is false.

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Ray

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Part of the line that consists of one endpoints and all the points of the line on one side of the endpoint

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Conditional

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If-then statement that relates a hypothesis to a conclusion.

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Conjecture

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An unproven statement or rule based on inductive reasoning.