Definition:Euclid's Definitions - Book IV/2 - Circumscribe

Definition

In the words of Euclid:

Similarly a figure is said to be circumscribed about a figure when the respective sides of the circumscribed figure pass through the respective angles of that about which it is circumscribed.

(The Elements: Book $\text{IV}$: Definition $2$)

Sources

• 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 2 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Book $\text{IV}$. Definitions