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inscription
In plane geometry, the construction of a circle such that each side of a polygon is a tangent to it. An inscribed angle is one whose sides are chords of a circle and whose vertex lies on the circle. In three dimensions, inscription implies the construction of a sphere such that ever side of a regular polyhedron is a tangent plane to it. See also circumscription.
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