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imagining geometry definitions
consider the words typically associated with geometry.
are there any words that would be hard to precisely
define? what words can you think of?
In geometry, some fundamental terms like "point", "line", and "plane" are challenging to precisely define. A point is often described as having no size, but how to fully capture that concept? A line is said to be straight and extend infinitely in both directions, but the essence of its "straightness" and infinite nature is hard to pin - down in a completely precise way. A plane is a flat surface that extends infinitely, but the idea of "flatness" and infinite extension is also not straightforward to define without using other geometric concepts that might themselves be somewhat circular in definition.
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Words like "point", "line", and "plane" are hard to precisely define in geometry.