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Delaunay triangles
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The components of Delaunay triangulation. Delaunay triangles cannot exist alone; they must exist as part of a set or collection that is typically referred to as a triangulated irregular network (TIN). A circle circumscribed through the three nodes of a Delaunay triangle will not contain any other points from the collection in its interior.