Circumscribed

A geometric figure is circumscribed about another figure if it touches only the vertices (or other extremities) of the other figure.

See also

Circumcenter, Circumcircle, Circuminscribed, Circumradius, Circumscribed Triangle, Cyclic Quadrilateral, Inscribed

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Circumscribed." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Circumscribed.html

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