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Escribed vs Excircle - What's the difference?

escribed | excircle |

As a verb escribed

is (escribe).

As a noun excircle is

(geometry) an escribed circle of a triangle; it lies outside the triangle and is tangent to one of its sides and to the extensions of the other two.

escribed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (escribe)

    • escribe

    English

    Verb

    (escrib)
  • (geometry) To draw outside of; used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    excircle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) An escribed circle of a triangle; it lies outside the triangle and is tangent to one of its sides and to the extensions of the other two.

    • Related terms

    * excentre, excenter * incircle