 A Polygon is circumscribed about a circle when all of its sides are tangent to the circle, and a circle is circumscribed about a polygon when the circumference passes through all the vertices of the polygon.  A Manual of Mechanical Drawing - Page 5by Philip Devereux Johnston - 1903 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
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...each other in one point. This point is called, the point of contact, or the point of tangency. 13. A Polygon is circumscribed about a circle, when all of its sides are tangent o the circumference. 14. A Circle is inscribed in a polygon, when its circumference touches all of... | |
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 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...each other in one point. This point is called, the point of contact, or the point of tangency, 13. A Polygon is circumscribed about a circle, when all of its sides are tangent to the circumference. 14. A Circle is inscribed in a polygon, when its circumference touches all of the sides... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...each other in one point. This point is called, the point of contact, or the point of tangency. 13. A Polygon is circumscribed about a circle, when all of its sides are tangent to the circumference. 14. A Circle is inscribed in a polygon, when its circumference touches all of the eides... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry - 1877 - 416 pages
...Circumscribed about a circle when all the sides of the polygon are tangents to the circle, as in Fig. 4. A circle, is circumscribed about a polygon when the...circumference passes through all the vertices of the polygon, as in Fig. 1. STRAIGHT LINES AND CIRCLES. 175. DBF. Equal circles are circles which have equal radii.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry, Modern - 1881 - 266 pages
...Circumscribed about a circle when all the sides of the polygon are tangents to the circle, as in Fig. 4. A circle is circumscribed about a polygon when the...circumference passes through all the vertices of the polygon, as in Fig. 1. STRAIGHT LINES AXD CIRCLES. 175. DEF. Equal circles are circles which have equal radii.... | |
 | James Howard Gore - Geometry - 1898 - 232 pages
...Circumscribed about a circle when all the sides of the polygon are tangents to the circle, as in Fig. 4. A circle is circumscribed about a polygon when the...circumference passes through all the vertices of the polygon, as in Fiar. 1. 142. Every diameter bisects the circle and its circumference. For if we fold over the... | |
 | Charles Westinghouse - Machine design - 1906 - 168 pages
...circumference in two points. A Polygon is inscribed in a circle when all of its sides are chords of the circle. A Polygon is circumscribed about a circle when all...circumference passes through all the vertices of the polygon. DEFINITION OF POLYGONS. A polygon, if its sides are equal, is called a regular polygon, if unequal,... | |
 | Calvin Franklin Swingle - Engineering - 1906 - 490 pages
...circumference in two points. A Polygon is inscribed in a circle when all of its sides are chords of the circle. A Polygon is circumscribed about a circle when all...circumference passes through all the vertices of the polygon. DEFINITION OF POLYGONS. A polygon, if its sides are equal, is called a regular polygon, if unequal,... | |
 | Calvin Franklin Swingle - Steam engineering - 1913 - 1270 pages
...circumference in two points. A Polygon is inscribed in a circle when all of its sides are chords of the circle. A Polygon is circumscribed about a circle when all...circumference passes through all the vertices of the polygon. DEFINITION OP POLYGONS. A polygon, if its sides are equal, is called a regular polygon, if unequal,... | |
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