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... circumference is called a radius or semi- diameter , and every straight line , as AB , which passes through the centre and is terminated each way by the circumference , is called a diameter . By the definition of a circle the radii are ...
... circumference is called a radius or semi- diameter , and every straight line , as AB , which passes through the centre and is terminated each way by the circumference , is called a diameter . By the definition of a circle the radii are ...
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... circumference , as CD . The common point M is called the point of contact . Fig . 48 . Also two circumferences are tangents to each other ( fig . 59 , 60 ) , Fig . 59 , when they have only one point common . A polygon is said to be ...
... circumference , as CD . The common point M is called the point of contact . Fig . 48 . Also two circumferences are tangents to each other ( fig . 59 , 60 ) , Fig . 59 , when they have only one point common . A polygon is said to be ...
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... circumference , the greater arc is subtended by the greater chord ; and , conversely , the greater chord is subtended by the greater arc . Demonstration . Let the arc AH ( fig . 50 ) be greater than AD , and let the chords AD and AH ...
... circumference , the greater arc is subtended by the greater chord ; and , conversely , the greater chord is subtended by the greater arc . Demonstration . Let the arc AH ( fig . 50 ) be greater than AD , and let the chords AD and AH ...
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... circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three points , A , B , C ( fig . 52 ) , which are not in the same Fig . 52 . Geom . 4 straight line , but the circumference of only one circle Of the Circle . 25.
... circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three points , A , B , C ( fig . 52 ) , which are not in the same Fig . 52 . Geom . 4 straight line , but the circumference of only one circle Of the Circle . 25.
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... circumference , described from the centre O with the radius OB , will pass through the three points A , B , C. It is thus proved , that the circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three given points , which are not in ...
... circumference , described from the centre O with the radius OB , will pass through the three points A , B , C. It is thus proved , that the circumference of a circle may be made to pass through any three given points , which are not in ...
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ABC fig adjacent angles altitude angle ACB angle BAD base ABCD bisect centre chord circ circular sector circumference circumscribed common cone consequently construction convex surface Corollary cube cylinder Demonstration diagonals diameter draw drawn equal and parallel equiangular equilateral equivalent faces figure four right angles frustum Geom gles greater hence homologous sides hypothenuse inclination inscribed circle isosceles join less let fall line AC manner mean proportional measure the half meet multiplied number of sides oblique lines opposite parallelogram parallelopiped perimeter perpendicular plane MN polyedron prism proposition pyramid S-ABC quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angles right-angled triangle Scholium segment semicircumference side BC similar solid angle sphere spherical polygons spherical triangle square described straight line tangent THEOREM three plane angles triangle ABC triangular prism triangular pyramids vertex vertices whence