circumcircle

/ˈsɜrkəmˌsɜrkəl/
noun
  1. A circle that passes through all the vertices of a polygon (especially a triangle).
    • The circumcircle of a square is the circle that touches all four corners.
    • In geometry class, we learned how to draw the circumcircle of a triangle using a compass.
    • Every triangle has exactly one circumcircle, but not every polygon does.
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