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Orthopole

If perpendiculars are dropped on any line from the vertices of a Triangle, then the perpendiculars to the opposite sides from their Feet are Concurrent at a point called the orthopole.


References

Johnson, R. A. Modern Geometry: An Elementary Treatise on the Geometry of the Triangle and the Circle. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, p. 247, 1929.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26