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[ verb ] draw a line around

Examples

"He drew a circle around the points"

Used in print

(R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)

This theorem is similar to the theorem of Kakutani that there exists a circumscribing cube around any closed , bounded convex set in **f .

Related terms

trace

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[ verb ] restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc.

Synonyms

limit confine

Used in print

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

Instead of isolating the literal flatness by specifying and circumscribing it , the pasted paper or cloth releases and spreads it , and the artist seems to have nothing left but this undepicted flatness with which to finish as_well_as start his picture .

3
[ verb ] to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

Related terms

trace geometry

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