Delaunay triangulation

A Delaunay triangulation in the plane with circumcircles shown

Meaning

Noun

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).

Origin

Named after Boris Delaunay for his work on this topic from 1934.

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