Definition:Medial Triangle
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Definition
Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle.
The medial triangle of $\triangle ABC$ is the triangle formed by joining the midpoint of each of the sides of $\triangle ABC$.
In the above, the triangle $\triangle DEF$ is the medial triangle of $\triangle ABC$.
Also known as
The medial triangle is also known as the median triangle.
Also see
- Results about medial triangles can be found here.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): medial triangle
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): median triangle or medial triangle
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): median triangle
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