Ch.5(H.Geo) Flashcards
A segment, ray, line, or plane that is perpendicular to a segment at its midpoint.
Perpendicular bisector
Segment that connects the midpoints of 2 sides of the triangle.Every triangle has 3
Midsegment
The point of concurrency of 3 PERPENDICULAR BISECTORS of a triangle
Circumcenter
The point of concurrency of the 3 ANGLE BISECTORS of a triangle. ALWAYS LIES INSIDE THE TRIANGLE
Incenter
Segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
Median
The medians of a triangle that are concurrent in which their point of concurrency is inside the triangle.
Centroid
The perpendicular segment from a vertex to the opposite side or to the line that contains the opposite side
Altitude
The point at which the lines containing the three altitudes of a triangle intersect
Orthocenter
Where is the orthocenter located at in an acute triangle?
Inside