orthocenter

English

Alternative forms

(UK) orthocentre

Etymology

ortho- +‎ center

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

The orthocenter of an acute triangle.

orthocenter (plural orthocenters)

(geometry): the intersection of the three lines that can be drawn flowing from the three corners of a triangle to a point along the opposite side where each line intersects that side at a 90 degree angle; in an acute triangle, it is inside the triangle; in an obtuse triangle, it is outside the triangle.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Cantonese: 垂心 (seoi⁴ sam¹)

Mandarin: 垂心 (zh) (chuíxīn)

Japanese: 垂心 (ja) (suishin)
Korean: 수심 (ko) (susim)
Vietnamese: trực tâm (vi)

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