Meanings
nounExeter point (plural Exeter points)
plural Exeter points
- B and C such that D; E and F are respectively opposite A; B and C; B and C such that D; E and F are respectively opposite A; B and CgeometryThe point of concurrence of the rays DA’, EB’ and FC’.
It ^([the Euler line]) passes through the centroid, the Exeter point and the center of the nine-point circle of the triangle.
2015, Gerard Venema, Just the Facts 101: Foundations of Geometry, Cram101 Textbook Reviews, unnumbered page
Origin
Named for the Phillips Exeter Academy (in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire), where it was discovered during a computers-in-mathematics workshop in 1986.
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