Definition:Circumscribe/Sphere around Polyhedron
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Definition
A sphere is circumscribed around a polyhedron when its surface passes through each of the vertices of that polyhedron:
Also known as
As well as circumscribed around, the following can also be seen:
The more archaic circumscribed without can also occasionally be encountered.
Also see
Note that such a polyhedron can also be described as being inscribed in the sphere.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): circumscribed
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): circumscribed