steiner point

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|electronics}} One [[vertex]] of a [[Steiner tree]].
2. {{lb|en|graph theory}} An extra vertex that is not a member of the input.
3. {{lb|en|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]].
4. {{lb|en|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.
5. {{lb|en|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.

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