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circumcenter

[ sur-kuhm-sen-ter ]

noun

, Geometry.
  1. the center of a circumscribed circle; that point where any two perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a polygon inscribed in the circle intersect.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of circumcenter1

First recorded in 1885–90; circum- + center

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circumbendibuscircumcircle