excircle

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noun
Definitions
  • (geometry) An escribed circle; a circle outside a polygon (especially a triangle, but also sometimes a quadrilateral) that is tangent to each of the lines on which the sides of the polygon lie.

Etymology

Prefix from English circle.

Origin

English

circle

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