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Steiner point

Steiner point noun: one vertex of a Steiner tree.

Noun

Steiner point (plural Steiner points)

  1. One vertex of a Steiner tree.
    • I created a Steiner point in my layout design at the point where I want my net's routing to branch.
  2. An extra vertex that is not a member of the input.
  3. The point on the circumcircle of a triangle that lies at the intersection of three lines through the vertices of the triangle, where those lines are parallel to the corresponding sides of the first Brocard triangle.
  4. The geometric centroid of the system obtained by placing a mass equal to the magnitude of the exterior angle at each vertex of the system.
  5. Any of the 20 points located at the 3 by 3 intersections of the 60 Pascal lines which are produced by extending the triplets on opposite sides of a conic section in Pascal's theorem for all permutations of verices.

Forms of Steiner point

pluralSteiner points

Origin of Steiner point

Named after Jakob Steiner.

Questions about Steiner point

What does Steiner point mean?
Steiner point means one vertex of a Steiner tree.
What part of speech is Steiner point?
Steiner point is a noun.
What is the plural of Steiner point?
The plural of Steiner point is Steiner points.

Words near Steiner point in the dictionary

  1. Steinbrenner
  2. Steinbrenners
  3. steined
  4. Steiner
  5. Steiner education
  6. Steiner point
  7. Steiner points
  8. Steiner surface
  9. Steiner system
  10. Steiner systems
  11. Steiner tree

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