"Delaunay triangulation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Delaunay triangulations [plural]
Etymology: Named after Boris Delaunay for his work on this topic from 1934. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Delaunay triangulation (countable and uncountable, plural Delaunay triangulations)
  1. (geometry, computer graphics) For a given set P of discrete points in a plane: a triangulation DT(P) such that no point in P is inside the circumcircle of any triangle in DT(P). Wikipedia link: Boris Delaunay, Delaunay triangulation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Geometry

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