Definition of Circumcircle

1. Noun. (mathematics) A circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle (or other polygon where possible) ¹

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Definition of Circumcircle

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumcircle

circumarctic
circumarticular
circumaural
circumaxillary
circumbendibus
circumbendibuses
circumbinary
circumboreal
circumbulbar
circumburst
circumcenter
circumcenters
circumcentre
circumcentres
circumcinct
circumcircle (current term)
circumcircles
circumciser
circumcisers
circumcises
circumcising
circumcisions
circumcisor
circumcisors
circumcize
circumcized
circumcizes

Literary usage of Circumcircle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry: With Applications to Spherical by William John McClelland, Thomas Preston (1893)
"It is likewise the circumcircle of the given chordal triangle, ... IV. v., the pole of the circumcircle may be obtained by bisecting the sides at right ..."

2. Modern Geometry by Charles Godfrey, Arthur Warry Siddons (1908)
"The circumcircle bisects each of the 6 lines joining pairs of the points I, ... P is any point on the circumcircle of A ABC. PL, PM, PN .are _L to BC, CA, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Analytical Geometry of the Point, Line, Circle, and Conic by John Casey (1893)
"ß"y" on the circumcircle is aa¡afa" + Iß/ß'ß" + cy¡y'y" = 0. (313) Por since the points are on the circle we have alo! + l ¡ß1 + e/y = O, a¡a" + b/ß" + c/y" ..."

4. A Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry: And Its Application to Geodesy and by John Casey (1889)
"If ABC he a triangle, right-angled at (7, if the point C and the circumcircle of the triangle ABC he given in position, prove that the locus of the ..."

5. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1900)
"... АО, ВО, CO meet the circumcircle again in a, b, e respectively ; X, Y, Z are the points of contact of the incircle with the sides, and X8, Ye, ..."

6. An Elementary Treatise on Modern Pure Geometry by Robert Lachlan (1893)
"Ex. 4. Show that AQ.BQ. Ca=Aa'.Ba'. Ca'. The circumcircle. 118. The circle which passes through the vertices of a triangle is called the ..."

7. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by Edwin Charles Goddard, Elmer A Lyman (1900)
"The circle circumscribed about a triangle is called the circumcircle, its centre the circumcentre, and its radius R. The circumcentre is the point of ..."

8. Introductory Modern Geometry of Point, Ray, and Circle by William Benjamin Smith (1892)
"For, on drawing the radii of the circumcircle K (Fig. 95) to the vertices, we get n congruent symmetric Ao FIG- 95- (why?). ..."

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