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circle inversions

circle inversions is the plural of circle inversion.

Meaning of circle inversion

Noun

circle inversion (plural circle inversions)

  1. (inversive geometry) A transformation that maps any point P ≠ O to the point P’ on the ray from O through P for which OP × OP’ = r², and which maps O to the point at infinity.
    • The first of these is obtained by the method of circle inversion first discovered by Peaucellier.1875, A. B. Kempe, On Some New Limkages: Messenger of Mathematics, volume 4, page 121
    Synonyms:
    transformation

Questions about circle inversions

What is circle inversions the plural of?
Circle inversions is the plural of circle inversion.

Words near circle inversions in the dictionary

  1. circle gets the square
  2. circle group
  3. circle groups
  4. circle in
  5. circle inversion
  6. circle inversions
  7. circle jerk
  8. circle jerked
  9. circle jerker
  10. circle jerkers
  11. circle jerking

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