Miquel circle
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The Miquel circle is a notable circle in geometry that passes through the three points where the circumcircles of the triangles formed by choosing three vertices of a quadrilateral intersect.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miquel circle canonical | 2 |
| Miquel configuration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11242695 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miquel circle Context triple: [Conway circle theorem, relatedTo, Miquel circle]
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A.
Soddy circle
A Soddy circle is one of the circles in a configuration of four mutually tangent circles, central to the geometric problem described by Descartes' circle theorem.
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B.
Conway circle theorem
The Conway circle theorem is a geometric result in triangle geometry that identifies a special circle associated with a triangle and certain constructed points, revealing notable collinearities and concyclicity relationships.
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C.
Fermat point
The Fermat point is a special point inside a triangle that minimizes the total distance to the triangle’s three vertices.
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D.
Malfatti
Malfatti is an Italian-origin surname notably associated with Brazilian modernist painter Anita Malfatti.
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E.
Tusi couple
The Tusi couple is a geometric device from medieval Islamic astronomy that generates linear motion from the sum of two circular motions, later influencing Copernican models of planetary motion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miquel circle Target entity description: The Miquel circle is a notable circle in geometry that passes through the three points where the circumcircles of the triangles formed by choosing three vertices of a quadrilateral intersect.
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A.
Soddy circle
A Soddy circle is one of the circles in a configuration of four mutually tangent circles, central to the geometric problem described by Descartes' circle theorem.
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B.
Conway circle theorem
The Conway circle theorem is a geometric result in triangle geometry that identifies a special circle associated with a triangle and certain constructed points, revealing notable collinearities and concyclicity relationships.
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C.
Fermat point
The Fermat point is a special point inside a triangle that minimizes the total distance to the triangle’s three vertices.
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D.
Malfatti
Malfatti is an Italian-origin surname notably associated with Brazilian modernist painter Anita Malfatti.
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E.
Tusi couple
The Tusi couple is a geometric device from medieval Islamic astronomy that generates linear motion from the sum of two circular motions, later influencing Copernican models of planetary motion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
circle in Euclidean geometry
ⓘ
geometric concept ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
literature on Miquel configurations
ⓘ
treatises on triangle and circle geometry ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
complete quadrilateral
ⓘ
quadrilateral ⓘ |
| classification |
circle associated with a complete quadrilateral
ⓘ
circle associated with a quadrilateral ⓘ |
| configurationElement |
Miquel point
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circumcircles of the three triangles ⓘ four vertices of a quadrilateral ⓘ three pairwise intersection points of the circumcircles ⓘ three triangles formed by choosing three of the four vertices ⓘ |
| constructionUses | circumcircles of triangles formed by three vertices of a quadrilateral ⓘ |
| definedFor |
four points in the plane
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quadrilateral with four vertices ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
existence of circumcircles of the three triangles
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non-collinearity of the quadrilateral vertices ⓘ |
| field |
Euclidean geometry
ⓘ
geometry ⓘ |
| generalizationOf | Miquel configuration for polygons ⓘ |
| geometricNature | locus of points concyclic with the three circumcircle intersection points ⓘ |
| hasCenter | center determined uniquely by the three intersection points ⓘ |
| hasPoint | each of the three pairwise intersection points of the circumcircles ⓘ |
| hasRadius | radius determined by distance from its center to any of the three intersection points ⓘ |
| hasType | circle determined by intersection points of circumcircles ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Auguste Miquel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForRole | Auguste Miquel’s work on circle configurations ⓘ |
| occursIn |
classical Euclidean geometry
ⓘ
elementary geometry ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Miquel point of the quadrilateral
ⓘ
linked to:
Miquel point
three pairwise intersection points of circumcircles of triangles from a quadrilateral ⓘ |
| property |
the three circumcircles of triangles formed from a quadrilateral concur in a single point (Miquel point)
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the three intersection points of the circumcircles are concyclic ⓘ unique for a given quadrilateral configuration ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Miquel point
ⓘ
Miquel theorem ⓘ
linked to:
Miquel configuration for polygons
circumcircle ⓘ complete quadrilateral ⓘ cyclic quadrilateral ⓘ |
| symmetryProperty | invariant under permutations of the four vertices of the quadrilateral ⓘ |
| theoremInvolves |
Miquel theorem for quadrilaterals
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linked to:
Miquel configuration for polygons
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| usedIn |
Olympiad geometry
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geometric problem solving ⓘ synthetic geometry proofs ⓘ |
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Subject: Miquel circle Description of subject: The Miquel circle is a notable circle in geometry that passes through the three points where the circumcircles of the triangles formed by choosing three vertices of a quadrilateral intersect.
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linked to: Miquel circle