Key term for OCR GCSE Mathematics, used in Circle Geometry.
The minimum length between a fixed point and any point on a line, which is always the line segment that meets the line at 90 degrees.
Shortest distance (point to line) appears in OCR GCSE Mathematics revision content for Basic Geometry, especially Circle Geometry and Tangent Properties.
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