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Definition of Circumscribes
1. circumscribe [v] - See also: circumscribe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumscribes
Literary usage of Circumscribes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1888)
"Professor GENESE, MA)—If a conic circumscribes a parallelogram OABC, and a variable
straight line through О meets the opposite sides in P, U, and the curve ..."
2. Elements of Plane Analytic Geometry by John Daniel Runkle (1888)
"... is obvious that this centre-locus passes through the middle points of the
three diagonals of the quadrilateral which circumscribes the system of conies. ..."
3. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from the "Educational Times": With by W. J. C. Miller (1866)
"... which circumscribes a given triangle, and is cut harmonically by two fixed
straight lines. NB— A conic is said to be cut harmonically in two pairs of ..."
4. Cartesian Plane Geometry by Charlotte Angas Scott (1907)
"If a triangle circumscribes a parabola, the orthocentre is on the directrix, and
the circumscribing circle passes through the focus. ..."
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