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Definition of Circumscribing
1. circumscribe [v] - See also: circumscribe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumscribing
Literary usage of Circumscribing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1904)
"To obtain t/ie equation of the circle circumscribing the triangle formed by the
lines a. = 0, ft = 0, 7 = 0. Any equation of the form Ifty 4 mya 4 naft = 0 ..."
2. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"The equation of the sphere circumscribing a tetrahedron may be most simply obtained
as follows : Let the four perpendiculars on each face from the opposite ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry by Charles Smith (1886)
"Am. o2 + 202. To find the equation of the sphere which circumscribes the tetrahedron
of reference. The general equation of a circumscribing ..."
4. Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket-book of Tables, Rules, and Formulas by Charles Haynes Haswell (1890)
"When Radius of Circumscribing or Inscribed Sphere ig ... When Radius of Circumscribing
Sphere is given. RULE.—Mult! ply square of radius by multiplier ..."
5. The Elements of Analytical Geometry: Comprehending the Doctrine of the Conic by John Radford Young, John D. Williams (1848)
"Any parallelogram circumscribing an ellipse, and having its sides parallel to a
system of conjugate diameters, is equivalent to the redan gle of the two ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... of representing the position of the faces of crystals by coma- ponding points
on the surface of a circumscribing sphere, brought out his Treatise он ..."
7. Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra by George Salmon (1866)
"Let the origin be taken at the centre of the circle circumscribing a triangle,
whose radius is R; and let M be the area of the triangle, then x', y', R x', ..."
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