trực tâm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 直心, composed of 直 (“straight; ortho-”) and 心 (“center”), perhaps a direct calque of a European word for "orthocenter". Unintuitively, this term has nothing to do with the point of intersection of the three đường trung trực (“segment-bisecting lines”) of the three sides of a triangle, the circumcenter, which does not have a common name in Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨk̚˧˨ʔ təm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɨk̚˨˩ʔ təm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈɨk̚˨˩˨ təm˧˧]

Noun

trực tâm

1. (geometry) an orthocenter

See also

• trọng tâm