🔵 Not inside shape 🪨 Not written on

uninscribed

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A shape that does not sit inside another shape with its corners on the edge

adjective
/ˌʌnɪnˈskraɪbd/

Specialized

: no inscrito

The pentagon was uninscribed because none of its corners touched the circle.

Examples

The circle is uninscribed in the triangle.
In the diagram, only the blue triangle is uninscribed while the others are inscribed.
A shape is uninscribed if it does not fit perfectly within another figure's boundaries.
An uninscribed square fits perfectly within the circle.
The pentagon was uninscribed because none of its corners touched the circle.
In the diagram, only the blue triangle is uninscribed while the others are inscribed.
A shape is uninscribed if it does not fit perfectly within another figure's boundaries.

Surface Forms

uninscribed positive

Morphology

uninscribed = inscribed (semi-transparent) = un + inscribe + ed

Morphologically the word is the negation of 'inscribed', but the geometric sense of 'inscribed' is specialized, so learners without geometry knowledge may not readily derive the meaning.

Etymology

Uninscribed comes from un- 'not' and inscribed, where in- means 'in' and scribe means 'write'; inscribed can mean 'written or drawn inside'. So in geometry uninscribed means a shape is 'not drawn inside' another shape and does not touch its boundary.