Definition:Median of Triangle
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This page is about Median of Triangle. For other uses, see Median.
Definition
Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle.
A median is a cevian which bisects the opposite.
In the above diagram, $CD$ is a median.
Also known as
Some sources give this as midline, but this term is also used for a different concept.
Also see
- Results about Medians of Triangles can be found here.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): median: 2.
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): median (midline): 1.
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): midline
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): median (midline): 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): midline
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): median (of a triangle)