Geometry Unit 6/chapter 5 Vocab

10 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Question 1
Medians
Segments that contain endpoints at the vertex of a triangle and at the midpoint of an opposite side
Question 2
Altitudes
Segments that contain endpoints at the vertex of a triangle and at the perpendicular of an opposite side
Question 3
Centroid
The point of concurrency of all the Median(s); the segment attached to the triangle vertex is two-thirds the length of the entire line
Question 4
Orthrocenter
The point of concurrency of all the Altitude(s)
Question 5
Angle Bisector
Segments that contain endpoints at the bisector of a triangle vertex and at an opposite side
Question 6
Incenter
The point of concurrency of all the Angle Bisector(s); it can be represented as the center of an inscribed circle Equidistant from all sides
Question 7
Perpendicular Biectors
Segments that contain endpoints at any position and is at the perpendicular midpoint of an opposite side
Question 8
Circumcenter
The point of concurrency of all the Perpendicular Bisector(s); it can be represented as the center of an inscribed circle Equidistant from all sides
Question 9
Midsegment
Segment that contains endpoints at the midpoint of one side and at the midpoint of another side
Question 10
Equidistant
To be the same distance away from a point