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The
straight
line
is
unlimited, direct, and does
not
change
direction
throughout its length.
Two
line
segments
are
consecutive when they have
only one extremity in common
and do not lie on the same
straight line.
Two
line
segments
are
adjacent when they have
one extremity in common and
lie on the same straight line.
called
angles.
supplementary
Interior
angles
lying
diagonally on opposite sides
of the transversal are called
alternate interior angles.
Exterior
angles
lying
diagonally on opposite sides
quadrilateral
quadrangle.
or
In a right-angled triangle
the side opposite the right
angle
is
called
the
hypotenuse.
In a right-angled triangle
the sides forming the right
angle are called the legs
(or catheti) of the triangle.
A quadrilateral with no
parallel sides is called a
common quadrilateral or
a trapezium.
Any
quadrilateral
whose
opposite sides are parallel is
called a parallelogram.
Any side of a
can be called
base usually
side
on
parallelogram
parallelogram
its base. The
refers to the
which
the
rests.
The
perpendicular
line
segment drawn from the
center of a polygon to the
equidistant
center.
is
called
the
A
straight
line
which
intersects the circumference
at two points is secant to the
circle.
The part
enclosed
of the plane
between
two