{
  "name": "minimal_circle",
  "type": "function",
  "groups": ["GeometryGroup"],
  "description": "Returns the minimal enclosing circle of a geometry. It represents the minimum circle that encloses all geometries within the set.",
  "arguments": [{
    "arg": "geometry",
    "description": "a geometry"
  }, {
    "arg": "segments",
    "optional": true,
    "default": "36",
    "description": "optional argument for polygon segmentation. By default this value is 36"
  }],
  "examples": [{
    "expression": "geom_to_wkt( minimal_circle( geom_from_wkt( 'LINESTRING(0 5, 0 -5, 2 1)' ), 4 ) )",
    "returns": "'Polygon ((0 5, 5 -0, -0 -5, -5 0, 0 5))'"
  }, {
    "expression": "geom_to_wkt( minimal_circle( geom_from_wkt( 'MULTIPOINT(1 2, 3 4, 3 2)' ), 4 ) )",
    "returns": "'Polygon ((3 4, 3 2, 1 2, 1 4, 3 4))'"
  }],
  "tags": ["enclosing", "minimal", "minimum", "represents", "encloses", "circle", "smallest"]
}