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  2. Perpendicular bisector construction of a quadrilateral

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    Perpendicular bisector construction of a quadrilateral. In geometry, the perpendicular bisector construction of a quadrilateral is a construction which produces a new quadrilateral from a given quadrilateral using the perpendicular bisectors to the sides of the former quadrilateral. This construction arises naturally in an attempt to find a ...

  3. Bisection - Wikipedia

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    Construction by straight edge and compass. In classical geometry, the bisection is a simple compass and straightedge construction, whose possibility depends on the ability to draw arcs of equal radii and different centers: The segment is bisected by drawing intersecting circles of equal radius , whose centers are the endpoints of the segment.

  4. Straightedge and compass construction - Wikipedia

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    Constructing the perpendicular bisector from a segment; Finding the midpoint of a segment. Drawing a perpendicular line from a point to a line. Bisecting an angle; Mirroring a point in a line; Constructing a line through a point tangent to a circle; Constructing a circle through 3 noncollinear points; Drawing a line through a given point ...

  5. Thales's theorem - Wikipedia

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    Thales's theorem. Thales’ theorem: if AC is a diameter and B is a point on the diameter's circle, the angle ∠ ABC is a right angle. In geometry, Thales's theorem states that if A, B, and C are distinct points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter, the angle ∠ ABC is a right angle. Thales's theorem is a special case of the inscribed ...

  6. Voronoi diagram - Wikipedia

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    For one other site , the points that are closer to than to , or equally distant, form a closed half-space, whose boundary is the perpendicular bisector of line segment . Cell R k {\displaystyle R_{k}} is the intersection of all of these n − 1 {\displaystyle n-1} half-spaces, and hence it is a convex polygon . [ 6 ]

  7. Tangent lines to circles - Wikipedia

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    The line t is the perpendicular line to a. Construction of a tangent to a given circle (black) from a given exterior point (P). Thales' theorem may be used to construct the tangent lines to a point P external to the circle C: A circle is drawn centered on the midpoint of the line segment OP, having diameter OP, where O is again the center of ...

  8. Locus (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The set of points equidistant from two points is a perpendicular bisector to the line segment connecting the two points. [8] The set of points equidistant from two intersecting lines is the union of their two angle bisectors. All conic sections are loci: [9] Circle: the set of points at constant distance (the radius) from a fixed point (the ...

  9. Instant centre of rotation - Wikipedia

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    Construction for the pole of a planar displacement. First, select two points A and B in the moving body and locate the corresponding points in the two positions; see the illustration. Construct the perpendicular bisectors to the two segments A 1 A 2 and B 1 B 2. The intersection P of these two bisectors is the pole of the planar displacement.