orthocenter
orthocenter 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.
Noun
orthocenter (plural orthocenters)
- 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.
orthocenter meaning in Bengali and Vietnamese
orthocenter in Bengali
- একটি ত্রিভুজের অন্যতম কেন্দ্র
orthocenter in Vietnamese
- Translations
- trực tâm
Forms of orthocenter
| plural | orthocenters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | orthocentre |
Origin of orthocenter
From ortho- + center.
Words that rhyme with orthocenter
- center
- enter
- tormentor
- concentre
- presenter
- renter
- stentor
- venter
- accentor
- cementer
- decentre
- preventer
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- reenter
- tenter
- assenter
- fermenter
- hypocentre
- indenter
- off-centre
- Valley Center
- absenter
- assentor
- augmenter
- augmentor
- barycentre
- centre
- coinventor
- concenter
- consenter
- correction center
- correction centre
- decenter
- dementor
- dissenter
- entre
- fermentor
- fomenter
- incenter
- incentre
- indentor
- innoventor
- inventer
- inventor
- inventour
- lamenter
- mentor
- metacentre
- misenter
- off-center
- orthocentre
- precentor
- re-enter
- re-entre
- reentre
- repenter
- representer
- salipenter
- Siberian accentor
- tormenter
Questions about orthocenter
- What does orthocenter mean?
- Orthocenter means 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.
- What is orthocenter in Bengali?
- Orthocenter in Bengali is একটি ত্রিভুজের অন্যতম কেন্দ্র. See Orthocenter meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is orthocenter?
- Orthocenter is a noun.
- What is the plural of orthocenter?
- The plural of orthocenter is orthocenters.
Words near orthocenter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: orthocenter (page history and authors); orthocenter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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