geometry chapter 5 Flashcards
(11 cards)
A set of points that satisfies a given condition
Locus
When a point is the same difference from two or more objects
Equidistance
When three or more lines intersect at one point
Concurrent
The point where they intersect
Point of concurrency
The point where three concurrent perpendicular bisect ours of a triangle meet
Circumcenter
A circle that contains all the vertices of a polygon
Circumscribed
The point where three concurrent angle bisectors of a triangle meet
Incenter
Intersects each line that contains a side of the polygon at exactly one point
A circle inscribed in a polygon
A segment whose end points are a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side
Median of a triangle
The point of concurrency of the median of a triangle
Centroid
A segment that joins the midpoints of two sides of the triangle
Midsegment
