escribe

[ ih-skrahyb ]

verb (used with object),e·scribed, e·scrib·ing.Geometry.
  1. to draw a circle outside of a triangle tangent to one side of the triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides.

Origin of escribe

1
1550–60; e-1 + Latin scrībere to write; see scribe1

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British Dictionary definitions for escribe

escribe

/ (ɪˈskraɪb) /


verb
  1. (tr) to draw (a circle) so that it is tangential to one side of a triangle and to the other two sides produced

Origin of escribe

1
C16 (meaning: to write out): from ex- 1 + Latin scrībere to write

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