First Known Use: 1869
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orthocenter
noun or·tho·cen·ter \ˈȯr-thə-ˌsen-tər\
Definition of ORTHOCENTER
: the common intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle or their extensions or of the several altitudes of a polyhedron provided these latter exist and meet in a point
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