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Malfatti circle

Malfatti circle noun: any of the three circles inside a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to the others and to two sides of the triangle.

Noun

Malfatti circle (plural Malfatti circles)

  1. Any of the three circles inside a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to the others and to two sides of the triangle.

Forms of Malfatti circle

pluralMalfatti circles

Origin of Malfatti circle

Named after Gian Francesco Malfatti, who made early studies of the problem of constructing these circles in the mistaken belief that they would have the largest possible total area of any three disjoint circles within the triangle.

Questions about Malfatti circle

What does Malfatti circle mean?
Malfatti circle means any of the three circles inside a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to the others and to two sides of the triangle.
What part of speech is Malfatti circle?
Malfatti circle is a noun.
What is the plural of Malfatti circle?
The plural of Malfatti circle is Malfatti circles.

Words near Malfatti circle in the dictionary

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