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minimum bounding box

(definition)

Definition: The smallest rectangle completely enclosing a set of points.

Also known as MBB.

Author: PEB


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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "minimum bounding box", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/minimumBoundingBox.html