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inscriptible

inscriptible

9.9
A flat shape that can have a circle drawn inside it touching all sides
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈskrɪp.tə.bəl/
  • Specialized
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  • The mathematician explained which polygons are inscriptible in a given circle.

Examples

  • Not every quadrilateral is inscriptible, as some cannot fit a circle touching all sides.

  • A circle is inscriptible within a square.

  • A regular hexagon is inscriptible because a circle can touch all its sides.

  • The polygon is inscriptible in the circle.

  • In geometry class, we learned that a circle is inscriptible in a square, touching all four sides.

  • The teacher explained that an inscriptible triangle can fit perfectly inside a larger triangle.

  • When creating the design, I ensured that the star was inscriptible within the circle.

Surface Forms

inscriptible positive

Morphology

inscriptible = inscribe (semi-transparent) = inscribe + ible

Morphologically transparent (inscribe + -ible) but the geometric sense ('fit within' or 'touch all sides/vertices') is a technical extension that may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Inscriptible comes from the parts in- meaning 'in' and script meaning 'to write', so in geometry it means a shape that can have another shape 'written inside' it. For example, a circle that fits inside and touches all the sides of a many-sided shape is 'inscriptible'.