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escribed circle

noun
\ēˌskrībd-, e-\

Definition of escribed circle 

: a circle outside of a triangle that is tangent to one of its sides and also to the other two sides that have been extended

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History and Etymology for escribed circle

e- + Latin scribere to write

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