 | William Chauvenet - Geometry - 1871 - 380 pages
...line is a line of which every portion is the shortest line between the points limiting that portion. A broken line is a line composed of different successive straight lines; as ABCDEF. A curved line, or simply a curve, is a line no portion of which is straight; as ABC. If... | |
 | William Chauvenet - Geometry - 1872 - 382 pages
...line is a line of which every portion is the shortest line between the points limiting that portion. A broken line is a line composed of different successive straight lines; as ABCDEF. A curved line, or simply a curve, is a line no portion of which is straight; as ABC. If... | |
 | William Chauvenet, William Elwood Byerly - Geometry - 1887 - 331 pages
...everywhere the same direction. A curved line is one no portion of which, however short, is straight. A broken line is a line composed of different successive straight lines. A " 4. Definitions. A plane surface, or simply a plane, is a surface such that, if any two points in... | |
 | William Chauvenet, William Elwood Byerly - Geometry - 1887 - 342 pages
...everywhere the same direction. A curved line is one no portion of which, however short, is straight. A broken line is a line composed of different successive straight lines. A ~ 4. Definitions. A plane surface, or simply a plane, is a surface such that, if any two points in... | |
 | William Chauvenet - 1893 - 340 pages
...everywhere the same direction. A curved line is one no portion of which, however short, is straight. A broken line is a line composed of different successive straight lines. 4. Definitions. A plane surface, or simply a plane, is a surface such that, if any two points in it... | |
 | James Howard Gore - Geometry - 1898 - 232 pages
...figures. 6. A Straight Line, or Right Line, is the shortest line between two points; as AB A -B 7. A Broken Line is a line composed of different successive straight lines; as ABCDEF. 8. A Curved Line, or simply a Curve,, is a line no portion of which is straight; as ABC.... | |
 | Fletcher Durell - Geometry, Plane - 1904 - 382 pages
...connecting two points. The word "liue" may be used for " straight line," if no ambiguity results. 16. A curved line is a line no portion of which is straight. The word "curve" is often used for "curved line." 17. A broken line is a line made up of different straight... | |
 | Fletcher Durell - Geometry - 1911 - 553 pages
...word "line" may be used for — — — • — —— " straight line/7 if no ambiguity results. 16. A curved line is a line no portion of which is straight. The word "curve77 is often used for "curved line." 17. A broken line is a line made up of different straight... | |
 | Arthur Schultze, Frank Louis Sevenoak - Geometry, Plane - 1913 - 328 pages
...definition of it. 9. DBF. A curved line or curve is a line no portion of which is straight; as CD. 10. DBF. A broken line is a line composed of different successive straight lines; as EF. 11. The expression, straight line, is used to denote both an unlimited straight line and a part... | |
 | Arthur Schultze, Frank Louis Sevenoak - Geometry - 1913 - 486 pages
...definition of it. 9. DBF. A curved line or curve is a line no portion of which is straight; as CD. 10. DBF. A broken line is a line composed of different successive straight lines ; as EF. 11. The expression, straight line, is used to denote both an unlimited straight line and a... | |
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EF. 11. The expression, straight line, is used to denote both an unlimited straight line and a part of such line. A line of definite length, also called a segment, or line-segment, is represented by a *' : iB line whose ends are marked ; as AB. 
