ORTHOCENTER

Etymology

Noun

orthocenter (plural orthocenters)

(geometry) The intersection of the three lines that can be drawn flowing from the three corners of a triangle to a point along the opposite side where each line intersects that side at a 90 degree angle; in an acute triangle, it is inside the triangle; in an obtuse triangle, it is outside the triangle.

Anagrams

• orthocentre

Source: Wiktionary

Or`tho*cen"ter, n. Etym: [Ortho- + center.] (Geom.)

Definition: That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition