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orthocenter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-tho-cen-ter
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the centers (UK:centres) of a triangle, defined as being the intersection of its three altitudes; in an acute triangle, it is inside the triangle; in an obtuse triangle, it is outside the triangle; in a right-angled triangle it is the vertex opposite the hypotenuse and so is on the triangle.

Etymology

Etymology tree English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English orthocenter From ortho- + center.

Inflected Forms

orthocenters (plural) orthocentre (alternative)

Rhymes With

center off-center centre off-centre enter re-enter valley center mentor correction center correction centre presenter inventor

Questions

What does orthocenter mean?
One of the centers (UK:centres) of a triangle, defined as being the intersection of its three altitudes; in an acute triangle, it is inside the triangle; in an obtuse triangle, it is outside the triangle; in a right-angled triangle it is the vertex opposite the hypotenuse and so is on the triangle.
Where does orthocenter come from?
Etymology tree English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English orthocenter From ortho- + center.

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