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Tangential Polygon


The polygon formed by the lines tangent to the circumcircle of a polygon. The tangential polygon of an n-gon is itself an n-gon.


See also

Dual Polyhedron, Nested Polygon, Tangential Quadrilateral, Tangential Triangle

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Tangential Polygon." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TangentialPolygon.html

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