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Excircle vs Encircle - What's the difference?

excircle | encircle |

As a noun excircle

is 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.

As a verb encircle is

to surround, form a circle around.

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

    encircle

    English

    Verb

    (encircl)
  • To surround, form a circle around.

    • Derived terms

    * encirclement