Phrase guide

Steiner point

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One vertex of a Steiner tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • I created a Steiner point in my layout design at the point where I want my net's routing to branch.

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Meaning 2

An extra vertex that is not a member of the input.

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Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning 3

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.

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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning 4

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.

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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning 5

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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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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History

Etymology

Named after Jakob Steiner.