midcircle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In, at, or towards the middle of a circle.
noun
  1. A circle that is in the middle.
  2. The middle of a circle.
  3. The middle of an act of circling.
  4. The great circle that is equidistant from two poles.
  5. A reference generalised circle through which two given circles are inverses of each other.
  6. The circle (if one exists) that passes through the midpoint of each side of a given polygon, especially a triangle.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

midcircle midcircles

Etymology

From mid- + circle.

Related words

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