noun
- plural of orthocenter: the point where the three altitudes of a triangle intersect
Usage: geometry
Examples
- The students calculated the orthocenters of several different triangles.
- In acute triangles, the orthocenters lie inside the triangles.
- For obtuse triangles, the orthocenters are located outside the triangles.
- The geometry teacher explained how to find the orthocenters using coordinate geometry.
- Right triangles have their orthocenters at the vertices of the right angles.
- The orthocenters of equilateral triangles coincide with their centroids.