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Orthocenter

Orˊtho-cen′ter

,
Noun.
[
Ortho-
+
center
.]
(Geom.)
That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect.

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orthocenter

orthocenter

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The orthocenter of an acute triangle.

orthocenter (plural orthocenters)

  1. (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.

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