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G.7 plane surface

A plane surface lies evenly with the lines on itself.

A circle ( A B ) is a plane figure contained by one arc defined by a center A and a point B establishing its defining radius / A B /, such that all segments / A B /, / A C /, / A D / falling upon the arc from A are equal.

G.22 plane angle

A plane angle is the inclination to one another of two lines or arcs in a plane that meet and do not lie on the same line.

G.24 congruent triangles by SAS

Triangles with two sides and the included angle equal are congruent (SAS).

G.25 base angles of an isosceles triangle

In an isosceles triangle, the angles at the base are equal, and if the equal sides are extended, the angles under the base are equal.

G.27 triangle with equal base angles is isosceles

If two angles of a triangle are equal, the sides subtending the equal angles are also equal.

G.29 congruent triangles by SSS

Triangles with all three corresponding sides equal have their corresponding angles equal (SSS).

G.30 rectilineal angle

A rectilineal angle is contained by two segments or lines.

G.33 right angle and perpendicular

When a segment standing on a line makes the adjacent angles equal, each of the equal angles is a right angle, and the standing segment is perpendicular to the line.

G.37 adjacent angles on a line sum to two right angles

A segment standing on a line makes either two right angles or adjacent angles summing to two right angles.

G.39 supplementary adjacent angles form a line

If two segments at a point on a line on opposite sides make adjacent angles summing to two right angles, the two segments are collinear.

G.40 vertical angles are equal

Intersecting lines make their vertical angles equal.

G.41 exterior angle of a triangle is greater than interior

In any triangle, if one side is extended, the exterior angle is greater than either opposite interior angle.

G.42 two angles of a triangle are less than two right angles

In any triangle, the sum of any two angles is less than two right angles.

G.43 greater side subtends greater angle

In any triangle, the greater side subtends the greater angle.

G.44 greater angle is subtended by greater side

In any triangle, the greater angle is subtended by the greater side.

G.46 interior segments of a triangle

Segments constructed from the endpoints of one side of a triangle to an interior point have a lesser sum but contain a greater angle than the other two sides.

G.49 hinge theorem

If two triangles have two sides equal to two sides respectively, the one with the greater included angle has the greater base.

G.50 converse hinge theorem

If two triangles have two sides equal to two sides respectively, the one with the greater base has the greater included angle.

G.51 congruent triangles by ASA and AAS

Triangles with two angles and one corresponding side equal are congruent (ASA / AAS).

G.52 parallel lines

Parallel lines are lines in the same plane which, extended indefinitely in both directions, do not meet.

G.53 equal alternate interior angles imply parallel lines

If a transversal cutting two lines makes the alternate interior angles equal, the lines are parallel.

G.54 equal corresponding angles imply parallel lines

If a transversal cutting two lines makes the exterior angle equal to the opposite interior angle, or interior angles on the same side supplementary, the lines are parallel.

G.55 parallel postulate

Two lines intersected by a transversal with interior angles on one side summing to less than two right angles meet on that side.

G.56 transversal angles of parallel lines

A transversal cutting parallel lines makes alternate interior angles equal, exterior and opposite interior angles equal, and same-side interior angles supplementary.

G.59 exterior angle and angle sum of a triangle

In any triangle, an exterior angle equals the sum of the two opposite interior angles, and the three interior angles sum to two right angles.

G.62 opposite sides, angles, and diagonal of a parallelogram

In a parallelogram, opposite sides and opposite angles are equal, and the diagonal bisects the area.

G.63 square, oblong, rhombus, and rhomboid

Of quadrilateral figures, a square is equilateral and right-angled; an oblong is right-angled but not equilateral; a rhombus is equilateral but not right-angled; a rhomboid has opposite sides and angles equal but is neither equilateral nor right-angled.

G.76 obtuse angle

An obtuse angle is greater than a right angle.

G.77 acute angle

An acute angle is less than a right angle.

G.78 right, obtuse, and acute-angled triangles

A right-angled triangle has a right angle, an obtuse-angled triangle has an obtuse angle, and an acute-angled triangle has three acute angles.

G.80 converse of the Pythagorean theorem

If the square on one side of a triangle equals the sum of the squares on the other two sides, the angle contained by those two sides is right.

G.118 perpendicular at extremity of a diameter is tangent

The line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle from its extremity falls outside the circle, no other line can be interposed between it and the arc, and the angle of the semicircle is greater than any acute rectilineal angle.

G.122 sector of a circle

A:term:**sector of a circle** <sector-of-circle> is the:term:figure <G.9> which, when an:term:angle <G.22> is constructed at the:term:center <center> of the:term:circle <G.10>, is contained by the:term:segments <G.4> containing the angle and the arc cut off by them.

G.123 inscribed angle theorem

In a circle, the angle at the center is double the angle at the circumference when the angles have the same arc as base.

G.124 angles in the same circle segment are equal

In a circle, angles in the same segment are equal to one another.

G.125 opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary

The opposite angles of any quadrilateral inscribed in a circle sum to two right angles.

G.127 similar circle segments

Similar segments of circles are those which admit equal:term:angles <G.22>, or in which the angles are equal.

G.132 angle standing on an arc

And, when the:term:segments <G.4> containing the:term:angle <G.22> cut off a arc, the angle is said to:term:**stand upon** <stand-upon-arc> that arc.

G.133 equal angles stand on equal arcs

In equal circles, equal angles stand on equal arcs, whether they stand at the centers or at the circumferences.

G.134 angles standing on equal arcs are equal

In equal circles, angles standing on equal arcs are equal to one another, whether they stand at the centers or at the circumferences.

G.138 angle in a circle segment

An:term:**angle in a segment** <angle-in-segment> is the:term:angle <G.22> which, when a:term:point <G.1> is taken on the arc of the segment and:term:segments <G.4> are joined from it to the:term:extremities <G.6> of the segment which is the:term:**base of the segment** <base-of-segment>, is contained by the segments so joined.

G.139 Thales’ theorem and angles in circle segments

In a circle, the angle in a semicircle is right, the angle in a greater segment is acute, and the angle in a lesser segment is obtuse.

G.140 alternate segment theorem

If a line touches a circle and a chord is drawn from the point of contact, the angles which the chord makes with the tangent equal the angles in the alternate segments of the circle.

G.141 construct a circle segment on a chord admitting a given angle

On a given segment, construct a segment of a circle admitting an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.

G.142 cut off a circle segment admitting a given angle

From a given circle, cut off a segment admitting an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.

G.148 polygon inscribed in a circle

A:term:polygon <G.12> is said to be:term:**inscribed in a circle** <inscribed-in-circle> when each:term:angle <G.22> of the inscribed:term:figure <G.9> lies on the arc of the:term:circle <G.10>.

G.152 polygon inscribed in a polygon

A:term:polygon <G.12> is said to be:term:**inscribed in a polygon** <inscribed-in-rectilineal-figure> when the respective:term:angles <G.22> of the inscribed:term:figure <G.9> lie on the respective sides of that in which it is inscribed.

G.155 polygon circumscribed about a polygon

Similarly a:term:figure <G.9> is said to be:term:**circumscribed about a figure** <circumscribed-about-figure> when the respective sides of the circumscribed figure pass through the respective:term:angles <G.22> of that about which it is circumscribed.

G.156 circle circumscribed about a polygon

A:term:circle <G.10> is said to be:term:**circumscribed about a figure** <G.155> when the arc of the circle passes through each:term:angle <G.22> of the:term:figure <G.9> about which it is circumscribed.

G.162 construct a golden isosceles triangle

Construct an isosceles triangle having each of the angles at the base double the remaining angle.

G.212 angle triangle bisected

If an angle of a triangle be bisected and the segment cutting the angle cut the base also, the segments of the base will have the same ratio as the remaining sides of the triangle; and, if the segments of the base have the same ratio as the remaining sides of the triangle, the segment joined from the vertex to the point of section will bisect the angle of the triangle.

G.213 equiangular triangles sides

In equiangular triangles the sides about the equal angles are proportional, and those are corresponding sides which subtend the equal angles.

G.214 triangles sides proportional

If two triangles have their sides proportional, the triangles is equiangular and will have those angles equal which the corresponding sides subtend.

G.215 triangles angle equal

If two triangles have one angle equal to one angle and the sides about the equal angles proportional, the triangles is equiangular and will have those angles equal which the corresponding sides subtend.

G.216 triangles angle equal

If two triangles have one angle equal to one angle, the sides about other angles proportional, and the remaining angles either both less or both not less than a right angle, the triangles is equiangular and will have those angles equal, the sides about which are proportional.

G.217 similar rectilineal figures

Similar polygons are such as have their:term:angles <G.22> severally equal and the sides about the equal angles:term:proportional <G.180>.

G.225 equal equiangular parallelograms

In equal and equiangular parallelograms the sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional; and equiangular parallelograms in which the sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional are equal.

G.226 equal triangles angle

In equal triangles which have one angle equal to one angle the sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional; and those triangles which have one angle equal to one angle, and in which the sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional, are equal.

G.238 parallelogram there taken

If from a parallelogram there be taken away a parallelogram similar and similarly situated to the whole and having a common angle with it, it is about the same diameter with the whole.

G.245 triangles sides proportional

If two triangles having two sides proportional to two sides be placed together at one angle so that their corresponding sides are also parallel, the remaining sides of the triangles is in a segment.

G.246 equal circles angles

In equal circles angles have the same ratio as the arcs on which they stand, whether they stand at the centres or at the arcs.

G.300 plane and solid numbers

And, when two:term:numbers <G.248> having:term:multiplied <G.269> one another make some number, the number so produced is called:term:**plane** <plane-number>, and its:term:**sides** <side-of-number> are the numbers which have multiplied one another.

G.301 plane numbers ratio

Plane numbers have to one another the ratio compounded of the ratios of their sides.

G.318 similar plane and solid numbers

Similar plane and solid numbers are those which have their sides:term:proportional <G.180>.

G.319 similar plane numbers

Between two similar plane numbers there is one mean proportional number; and the plane number has to the plane number the ratio duplicate of that which the corresponding side has to the corresponding side.

G.321 similar solid numbers

Between two similar solid numbers there fall two mean proportional numbers; and the solid number has to the similar solid number the ratio triplicate of that which the corresponding side has to the corresponding side.

G.322 mean proportional number

If one mean proportional number fall between two numbers, the numbers is similar plane numbers.

G.323 mean proportional numbers

If two mean proportional numbers fall between two numbers, the numbers are similar solid numbers.

G.328 similar plane numbers

Similar plane numbers have to one another the ratio which a square number has to a square number.

G.329 similar solid numbers

Similar solid numbers have to one another the ratio which a cube number has to a cube number.

G.330 similar plane numbers

If two similar plane numbers by multiplying one another make some number, the product is square.

G.331 numbers multiplying make

If two numbers by multiplying one another make a square number, they are similar plane numbers.

G.502 part segment plane

A part of a segment cannot be in the plane of reference and a part in a plane more elevated.

G.503 segments cut plane

If two segments cut one another, they are in one plane, and every triangle is in one plane.

G.504 planes cut common

If two planes cut one another, their common section is a segment.

G.505 line at right angles to a plane

A:term:segment <G.4> is:term:**at right angles to a plane** <right-angles-to-plane>, when it makes:term:right angles <G.33> with all the segments which meet it and are in the:term:plane <G.7>.

G.506 segment set right

If a segment be set up at right angles to two segments which cut one another, at their common point of section, it is at right angles to the plane through them.

G.507 segment set right

If a segment be set up at right angles to three segments which meet one another, at their common point of section, the three segments are in one plane.

G.508 segments right angles

If two segments be at right angles to the same plane, the segments is parallel.

G.509 segments parallel points

If two segments be parallel and points be taken at random on each of them, the segment joining the points is in the same plane with the parallel lines.

G.510 segments parallel right

If two segments be parallel, and one of them be at right angles to any plane, the remaining one is at right angles to the same plane.

G.511 straight lines parallel

Straight lines which are parallel to the same segment and are not in the same plane with it are also parallel to one another.

G.512 segments meeting parallel

If two segments meeting one another be parallel to two segments meeting one another not in the same plane, they will contain equal angles.

G.513 elevated point draw

From a given elevated point to draw a segment perpendicular to a given plane.

G.514 set segment right

To set up a segment at right angles to a given plane from a given point in it.

G.515 point segments set

From the same point two segments cannot be set up at right angles to the same plane on the same side.

G.516 parallel planes

Parallel planes are those which do not meet.

G.517 planes segment right

Planes to which the same segment is at right angles is parallel.

G.518 segments meeting parallel

If two segments meeting one another be parallel to two segments meeting one another, not being in the same plane, the planes through them are parallel.

G.519 parallel planes cut

If two parallel planes be cut by any plane, their common sections are parallel.

G.520 segments cut parallel

If two segments be cut by parallel planes, they is cut in the same ratios.

G.521 plane at right angles to a plane

A:term:**plane is at right angles to a plane** <plane-at-right-angles-to-plane> when the:term:segments <G.4> drawn, in one of the:term:planes <G.7>,:term:at right angles <G.33> to the common section of the planes are at right angles to the remaining plane.

G.522 segment right angles

If a segment be at right angles to any plane, all the planes through it is at right angles to the same plane.

G.523 planes cut right

If two planes which cut one another be at right angles to any plane, their common section is at right angles to the same plane.

G.524 solid angle

A:term:**solid angle** <solid-angle> is the inclination constituted by more than two:term:lines <G.2> which meet one another and are not in the same:term:surface <G.533>, towards all the lines. Otherwise: A:term:**solid angle** <solid-angle> is that which is contained by more than two:term:plane angles <G.22> which are not in the same:term:plane <G.7> and are constructed to one:term:point <G.1>.

G.525 solid angle contained

If a solid angle be contained by three plane angles, any two, taken together in any manner, are greater than the remaining one.

G.526 solid angle contained

Any solid angle is contained by plane angles less than four right angles.

G.527 there plane angles

If there be three plane angles of which two, taken together in any manner, are greater than the remaining one, and they are contained by equal segments, it is possible to construct a triangle out of the segments joining the extremities of the equal segments.

G.528 construct a solid angle out of three plane

Construct a solid angle out of three plane angles two of which, taken together in any manner, are greater than the remaining one: thus the three angles must be less than four right angles.

G.530 solid contained parallel

If a solid be contained by parallel planes, the opposite planes in it are equal and parallelogrammic.

G.531 parallelepipedal solid cut

If a parallelepipedal solid be cut by a plane which is parallel to the opposite planes, then, as the base is to the base, so will the solid be to the solid.

G.534 similar solid figures

Similar solid figures are those:term:contained by similar planes <G.533> equal in multitude.

G.535 equal and similar solid figures

Equal and similar solid figures are those:term:contained by similar planes <G.533> equal in multitude and in magnitude.

G.537 prism

A:term:**prism** <prism> is a:term:solid figure <G.529> contained by:term:planes <G.7> two of which, namely those which are opposite, are equal, similar and:term:parallel <G.52>, while the rest are parallelograms.

G.538 parallelepipedal solid cut

If a parallelepipedal solid be cut by a plane through the diagonals of the opposite planes, the solid is bisected by the plane.

G.545 there equal plane

If there be two equal plane angles, and on their vertices there be set up elevated segments containing equal angles with the original segments respectively, if on the elevated segments points be taken at random and perpendiculars be drawn from them to the planes in which the original angles are, and if from the points so arising in the planes segments be joined to the vertices of the original angles, they will contain, with the elevated segments, equal angles.

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