Excircle

Synonyms for "excircle"

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Translations

9 translations across 8 languages.

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Finnish

2 entries
  • viereen piirretty ympyrä noun (escribed circle)
  • vierusympyrä noun (escribed circle)

French

1 entries
  • cercle exinscrit noun (escribed circle)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 傍接円 noun (escribed circle)

Korean

1 entries
  • 방접원 noun (escribed circle)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • círculo exinscrito noun (escribed circle)

Swedish

1 entries
  • utvändig tangeringscirkel noun (escribed circle)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đường tròn bàng tiếp noun (escribed circle)

Welsh

1 entries
  • allgylch noun (escribed circle)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Find the radius of the excircle of the triangle.

Source: tatoeba (2570029)

Also since the circle of inversion cuts both excircles orthogonally, each excircle inverts into itself.

Source: wiktionary

Extend the sides of triangle QRS and construct the three excircles: One excircle is tangent to side QR and rays SQ and SR; one excircle is tangent to side SR and rays QS and QR; and one excircle is tangent to side SQ and rays RS and RQ.

Source: wiktionary

Lemma 4.9 (The Diameter of the Incircle). Let ABC be a triangle whose incircle is tangent to #92;overline#123;BC#125; at D. If #92;overline#123;DE#125; is a diameter of the incircle and ray AE meets #92;overline#123;BC#125; at X, then BD#61;CX and X is the tangency point of the A-excircle to #92;overline#123;BC#125;. Incircles and excircles often have dual properties.

Source: wiktionary

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