5-3 and 5-4 Geometry Vocabulary
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Concurrent Lines
3 or more lines that intersect at the same point.
Orthocenter
Formed by the altitudes of a triangle.
Centroid
Formed by the medians of a triangle.
Median
Line segment who's endpoints are the vertex of a triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side.
Perpendicular Bisector
Perpendicular to a side of the triangle.
Angle Bisector
The bisector of an angle.
Altitude
The perpendicular distance from a vertex to the opposite side of a triangle.
Incenter
The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of the triangle.
Circumcenter
The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle.
Concurrency
The point of intersection of 3 lines or more.
