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incircle

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[in-sur-kuhl] / ˈɪnˌsɜr kəl /

noun

Geometry.

  1. a circle inscribed within a triangle.

Etymology

Origin of incircle

First recorded in 1880–85; in- 1 + circle

Example Sentences

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Jupiter hath foure, that incircle his body with their motion.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by Wilkins, John

What Launcelot du Lacs, Tristans, Leonnois, Arturs, Ysaises, and feats of the Table Ronde, stand closely wedged within the brass-wired doors that incircle this and every other apartment!

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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