English Explanatory Dictionary

Fermat point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A point such that the sum of the three distances from each of the three vertices of a given triangle to that point is the smallest possible; equivalently, the geometric median of the three vertices.

Word forms

Fermat point Fermat points

Synonyms

Fermat-Torricelli point Torricelli point
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