đường trung trực

Vietnamese

Etymology

đường (“line”) + Chinese 中 (“middle”) + 直 (zhí, “straight”). Not to be confused with trung tuyến (“median”). No relation to Chinese 忠直 (trung trực, “loyal and upright”), or trực tâm (“orthocenter”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧ t͡ɕɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈɨk̚˨˩˨]

Noun

đường trung trực

(geometry) a segment-bisecting line
Synonym: trung trực

See also

mặt phẳng trung trực (“segment-bisecting plane”)
đường phân giác (“angle-bisecting line”)

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