 | Euclides - 1660 - 368 pages
...thereof, are equall the one to the other. XV I. And that point is called the Centre of the circle. XVII. A Diameter of a circle is a right line drawn through the centre thereof, and ending at the circumference on eii ther Б ther fidejdividing the circle into two equall... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1776 - 326 pages
...certain point within the fame are equal. XVI. That point is called the center of the circle. XVII. The diameter of a circle is a right line drawn through the center, and terminated on both ends by the circumference, and divides the circle into two equal parts.... | |
 | Alexander Ewing - Logarithms - 1779 - 476 pages
...arc DB, or of the angle DCB. NB This is fometimes called the complement of an arc to a femicircle. o. The diameter of a circle, is a right line drawn through, the center, and terminated by the circumference, as AB. ID. The radius, is any right line drawn from the... | |
 | John Keill - Geometry - 1782 - 476 pages
...Point within the Figure, are equal. XVI. And that Point is called the Centre of the Circle. XVII. A Diameter of a Circle is a Right Line drawn through the Centre, and terminated tn both Sides by the Circumference, and divides the Circle into two equal Parts. XVIII. A Semicircle... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Measurement - 1788 - 728 pages
...45- The 45. The radius of a circle, is a right line drawn from the center to the circumference. 46. The diameter of a circle, is a right line drawn through the center, and terminating in the circumference on both fides. 47. An arc of a circle, is part of the... | |
 | Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1789 - 296 pages
...DEFINITIONS. I. A radius of a circle, is a right line drawn from the centre to the circumference. 2. A diameter of a circle, is a right line drawn through...centre and terminated both ways by the circumference. 3. An arc of a circle, is any part of its periphery, or circumference. O 4. The chord, or fubtenfe,... | |
 | John McGregor (teacher of mathematics.) - Mathematics - 1792 - 532 pages
...circle is the diilance between the centre and circumference. 3-5. The diameter of a circle is a ftraight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A is the centre. AB the radius. CD the diameter. Note, The diameter is equal to twice the radius. 36.... | |
 | Thomas Dix (of Oundle.) - Surveying - 1799 - 242 pages
...point С within the circle, called the centre thereof. в 10. A Diameter of a Circle is a ftraight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. il. A Radius of a Circle is a ftraight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, and i«s equal... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - Trigonometry - 1799 - 374 pages
...center to the circumference of a circle, is called a Radius. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a ftraight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A femicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off... | |
 | William Taylor (teacher of the mathematics.) - Arithmetic - 1800 - 556 pages
...which all right lines drawn from a certain point within the figure, called its center, are equal. 7. The Diameter of a circle, is a right line drawn through the center, terminated at each end by the circumference, and divides the circle into two equal parts, each... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 
