circumcircle

English

A circumcircle with construction around a triangle.

Etymology

circum- +‎ circle

Noun

circumcircle (plural circumcircles)

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

Synonyms

• circumscribed circle

Translations

a circle that passes through every vertex of a given polygon

• Catalan: circumferència circumscrita f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 外接圓／外接圆 (ngoi⁶ zip³ jyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 外接圓／外接圆 (zh) (wàijiēyuán)

• Finnish: ympäri piirretty ympyrä, ympäröivä ympyrä, ulkoympyrä
• French: cercle circonscrit m
• German: Umkreis (de) m
• Hungarian: háromszög köré írt kör
• Italian: circumcerchio m
• Japanese: 外接円 (ja) (gaisetsuen)
• Korean: 외접원 (oejeobwon)
• Manx: ym-chiarkyl m
• Maori: porowhita rāwaho
• Russian: опи́санный круг m (opísannyj krug), опи́санная окру́жность (ru) f (opísannaja okrúžnostʹ)
• Spanish: circunferencia circunscrita f
• Vietnamese: đường tròn ngoại tiếp

See also

• circumcenter
• circumradius
• circumsphere
• incircle
• excircle