LINE SEGMENT

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Ms. Raquel U. Balangan

See the figure below. The line segment AB links the points
A and B. The points A and B are called the 'endpoints' of the
segment. The word 'segment' typically means 'a piece' of
something
and here
means
the pieceobject
of a full
line, which
A point
is theitmost
fundamental
in geometry.
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would normally
extend
in both
directions.
represented
by a to
dotinfinity
and named
by a capital
letter. A point
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Gabriel
G. is,
Base
represents position only; it has
zero
size (that
zero length,
A line segment is one-dimensional. It has a measurable
zero
width,
zero height).
length, but
has
zeroand
width.
If you draw a line segment with a

POINT

pencil,
examination
a microscope
show that the
Figure
1 illustrates
point with
C, point
M, and point would
Q.
pencil mark has a measurable width. The pencil line is just a
way to illustrate the idea on paper. In geometry however, a line
segment has no width.