单词 | circumcenter |
释义 | circumcenter in British English (ˈsɜːkəmˌsɛntə) noun another name for circumcentre circumcentre in British English (ˈsɜːkəmˌsɛntə) or US circumcenter (ˈsɜːkəmˌsɛntə) noun the centre of a circumscribed circle circumcenter in American English (ˈsɜːrkəmˌsentər) noun Geometry the center of a circumscribed circle; that point where any two perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a polygon inscribed in the circle intersect Word origin [1885–90; circum- + center]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: reactor, scrum, seminar, twofer, upsweepcircum- is a prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords, esp.derivatives of verbs that had the general senses “to encompass or surround” (circumference; circumjacent; circumstance) or “to go around” by the means or in the manner specified by the verb (circumnavigate; circumscribe) |
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