Geometry Chapter 5 Vocab Words

Geometry Chapter 5 Vocab Words

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Equidistant
The same distance from two or more objects.
Locus
Is a set of points that satisfies a given condition.
Concurrent
Three or more lines that intersect at one point.
Point of Concurrency
Is the point where they intersect.
Circumcenter of a Triangle
The point of concurrency of the three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle.
Circumscribed
A circle that contains all the vertices of a polygon is circumscribed about polygon.
Incenter of a triangle
The angle bisectors of a triangle are also concurrent.
Inscribed
In a polygon intersects each line that contains a side of the polygon at exactly one point.
Median of a triangle
Is a segment whose endpoints are vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side.
Centroid of the triangle
The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle is the centroid of the triangle.
Altitude of a triangle
Is a perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing to the opposite side.
Orthocenter of the triangle
The point of concurrency of the three altitudes of a triangle.
Midsegment of a triangle
Is a segment that joins the midpoints of two sides of the triangle.
Indirect Proof
A proof in which the statement to be proved is assumed to be false and a contradiction is shown.
Pythagorean Triple
A set of three nonzero whole numbers a, b, and c such a2 + b2=c2.