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中線 (ちゅうせん, chuusen) Japanese meaning: median | Kotomora
じ 字 Furigana
Related words 中ちゅう 央おう 線せん 中央線 refers to a center line in a broader sense (e.g., road markings, sports fields), while 中線 is specifically a geometry term for a median or midline.
中ちゅう 点てん 中点 is the midpoint itself, whereas 中線 is the line segment that passes through or connects to that midpoint.
Etymology Compound of 中 (middle) and 線 (line), directly describing a line that goes through the middle. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward technical coinage.
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A median of a triangle is a line segment joining a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
Please draw the midline of this figure.