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Dictionary: in·scribe   (ĭn-skrīb') pronunciation
tr.v., -scribed, -scrib·ing, -scribes.
    1. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
    2. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
  1. To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.
    1. To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).
    2. To dedicate to someone.
  2. Mathematics. To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.

[Latin īnscrībere : in-, in, on; see in-2 + scrībere, to write.]

inscriber in·scrib'er n.

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verb

  1. To form letters, characters, or words on a surface with an instrument: engross, indite, scribe, write. See remember/forget.
  2. To produce a deep impression of: engrave, etch, fix, grave3, impress, imprint, stamp. See marks.
  3. To register in or as if in a book: book, catalog, enroll, list1, set down, write down. See remember/forget.
  4. To affix one's signature to: autograph, endorse, sign, subscribe, undersign. Idioms: put one's John Hancock on, set one's hand to. See law.

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Circles inscribed in different polygons

In geometry, an inscribed planar shape or solid is one that is enclosed by and "fits snugly" inside another geometric shape or solid. Specifically, at all points where figures meet, their edges must lie tangent. There must be no object similar to the inscribed object but larger and also enclosed by the outer figure.

Familiar examples include circles inscribed in polygons, and triangles or regular polygons inscribed in circles.

More precisely, in the phrase "an inscribed F of X", the outer figure X is supposed to be a given, specific figure (such as, for example, "the circle centered at A with radius r"), whereas F stands for a class of figures (such as, for example, "triangle"). Of these figures, an inscribed one is a figure of maximal size among those of the same shape enclosed by X. Usually it is unique in size, but not necessarily in position and orientation.

The definition given above assumes that the objects concerned are embedded in two- or three-dimensional Euclidean space, but can easily be generalized to higher dimensions and other metric spaces.

The inradius or filling radius of a given perimeter is the radius of the inscribed circle of that perimeter.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indgravere, indskrive, indføre

Nederlands (Dutch)
inschrijven, opdragen, (be)schrijven, graveren

Français (French)
v. tr. - inscrire, graver, (fig) graver, dédier (à), (Math) inscrire

Deutsch (German)
v. - schreiben, beschriften, eintragen, mit einer Widmung versehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εγγράφω, εγχαράσσω, επιγράφω

Italiano (Italian)
iscrivere, incidere, inscrivere (geom.)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inscrever, registrar, traçar uma figura dentro de outra (Geom.)

Русский (Russian)
надписывать, вырезать, запечатлеть (в памяти)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inscribir, grabar, dedicar, registrar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skriva (in), enrollera, inregistrera (aktieägare o.d.), dedicera, inskriva (geom.), (in)gravera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
刻, 题写, 雕, 印

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 刻, 題寫, 雕, 印

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 새기다, 헌정사를 적다, 명심하다, (원 등을) 내접 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 記す, 彫る, 記名する, 内接させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينقش ( كلاما), يكتب, يحفر ( اسمه), يهدي الكتاب إلى شخص ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חרת, חקק, רשם‬


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