Given a triangle and a point
not a vertex of
, define the
-vertex of the circumcevian triangle as the point other than
in which the line
meets the circumcircle of
, and similarly for
and
. Then
is called the circumcevian triangle of
(Kimberling 1998, p. 201).
The circumcevian triangle with respect to the point
has trilinear
vertex matrix
(1)
|
and area
(2)
|
where
is the area of
and
(3)
|
Circumcevian triangles for various choices of are summarized in the table below.
Kimberling | circumcevian point | circumcevian triangle |
incenter | circumcircle mid-arc triangle | |
triangle
centroid | circum-medial triangle | |
orthocenter | circum-orthic triangle |
Every triangle inscribed in the circumcircle of a reference triangle is congruent to exactly one circumcevian triangle of
(Kimberling 2005).
The circumcevian triangle of is similar to the pedal triangle
of
(Kimberling 1998), and it is homothetic to
iff
lies on the M'Cay cubic. The
homothetic center lies on the Lemoine
cubic (Gibert).