"Steiner point" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Steiner points [plural]
Etymology: Named after Jakob Steiner. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Steiner point (plural Steiner points)
  1. (electronics) One vertex of a Steiner tree.
    Sense id: en-Steiner_point-en-noun-M7rsf~pT Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 9 20 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 3 20 17 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 7 19 16 18 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (graph theory) An extra vertex that is not a member of the input.
    Sense id: en-Steiner_point-en-noun-FMSzMb6E Categories (other): Graph theory Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
  3. (geometry) The point on the circumcircle of a triangle that lies at the intersection of three lines through the vertices of the triangle, where those lines are parallel to the corresponding sides of the first Brocard triangle.
    Sense id: en-Steiner_point-en-noun-juIhWFd0 Categories (other): Geometry Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  4. (geometry) The geometric centroid of the system obtained by placing a mass equal to the magnitude of the exterior angle at each vertex of the system.
    Sense id: en-Steiner_point-en-noun-qlSZt9ae Categories (other): Geometry Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  5. (geometry) Any of the 20 points located at the 3 by 3 intersections of the 60 Pascal lines which are produced by extending the triplets on opposite sides of a conic section in Pascal's theorem for all permutations of verices.
    Sense id: en-Steiner_point-en-noun-VgotORLR Categories (other): Geometry Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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