noun
- The plural of circumcenter; the centers of circles that pass through all vertices of a polygon, especially a triangle.
Usage: geometry; mathematics
Examples
- In geometry class, we learned how to find the circumcenters of different triangles.
- The circumcenters of acute triangles lie inside the triangle itself.
- For a right triangle, the circumcenter is located at the midpoint of the hypotenuse.
- The circumcenters of obtuse triangles fall outside the triangle.
- Students plotted several circumcenters on their coordinate grids.