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Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Use these activities to study your term for Chapter 5.

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perpendicular bisectorsegment, ray, line, or plane perpendicular to a segment at its midpoint
equidistant from two pointsa point if its distance from each point is the same
distance from a point to a linethe length of the perpendicular segment from the point to the line
equidistant from two lineswhen a point is the same distance from one line as it is from another line
perpendicular bisector of a trianglea line (or ray or segment) that is perpendicular to a side of the triangle at the midpoint of the side
concurrent lineswhen three or more lines (or rays or segments) intersect in the same point
point of concurrencypoint of intersection of concurrent lines
circumcenter of a trianglepoint of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
angle bisector of a trianglebisector of an angle of a triangle
incenter of the trianglepoint of concurrency of angle bisectors
median of a trianglesegment whose endpoints are a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side
centroid of a trianglepoint of concurrency of the medians of a triangle
altitude of a triangleperpendicular segment from a vertex to the opposite side or to the line that contains the opposite side
orthocenter of a trianglepoint of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle
midsegment of a trianglesegment that connects the midpoints of two sides of a triangle
indirect proofproof in which you prove that a statement is true by first assuming that its opposite is true


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