Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Front

The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle is called the ________________.

Back

circumcenter

Front

Any line, segment, or ray that passes through the midpoint of a segment and is perpendicular to that segment is a ________________.

Back

perpendicular bisector

Front

The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle is always inside the triangle and is called the ________________.

Back

centroid

Front

In a triangle, a(n) __________________ is a line segment with endpoints that are a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the side opposite the vertex.

Back

median

Front

A(n) ________________ of a triangle is a segment from a vertex of the triangle to the line containing the opposite side and perpendicular to that side.

Back

altitude

Front

The point where three or more lines intersect is called a ________________.

Back

point of concurrency

Front

A line segment that connects a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side is known as a ________________.

Back

median

Front

The segment that is perpendicular to a side of a triangle and extends from a vertex is called an ________________.

Back

altitude

Front

The center of the circle that can be circumscribed around a triangle is known as the ________________.

Back

circumcenter

Front

The average of the three vertices of a triangle, where the medians intersect, is called the ________________.

Back

centroid