height
Let be a given triangle. A height of is a line segment drawn from a vertex to the opposite side (or its prolongations) and perpendicular
to it. So we have three heights in any triangle. The three heights are always concurrent
and the common point is called the orthocenter
. In Euclidean geometry
the
length of the segment ”height” is sometimes referred to as the height.
In the following figure, and are heights of .
Title | height |
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Canonical name | Height |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 11:55:39 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 11:55:39 |
Owner | Mathprof (13753) |
Last modified by | Mathprof (13753) |
Numerical id | 15 |
Author | Mathprof (13753) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 51-00 |
Related topic | Triangle |
Related topic | Median |
Related topic | Orthocenter |
Related topic | Cevian |
Related topic | BaseAndHeightOfTriangle |