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Carlyle circles

Carlyle circles is the plural of Carlyle circle.

Meaning of Carlyle circle

Noun

Carlyle circle (plural Carlyle circles)

  1. A certain circle in a coordinate plane associated with a quadratic equation, having the property that the solutions of the equation are the horizontal coordinates of the intersections of the circle with the horizontal axis.
    • Carlyle circles have been used to develop ruler-and-compass constructions of regular polygons.

Questions about Carlyle circles

What is Carlyle circles the plural of?
Carlyle circles is the plural of Carlyle circle.

Words near Carlyle circles in the dictionary

  1. Carluke
  2. carlumab
  3. Carly
  4. Carlyle
  5. Carlyle circle
  6. Carlyle circles
  7. Carlylean
  8. Carlyleian
  9. Carlylese
  10. Carlylesque
  11. Carlylian

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