 A circle is the locus of a point at a constant distance from a fixed point. The fixed point is the center of the circle, and the constant distance is the radius.  Analytic Geometry - Page 60by Clyde Elton Love - 1927 - 257 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Bayard Phillips - Geometry, Analytic - 1915 - 220 pages
...the ¡ points (3, 0, 1) and (0, 2, -1). Art. 69. Equation of a Sphere A sphere is the locus of points at a constant distance from a fixed point. The fixed point is the center, and the constant distance the radius of the sphere. Let С (xi, y\, «O be the center of a sphere with radius r. If P (x, у,... | |
 | Henry Bayard Phillips - Geometry, Analytic - 1915 - 218 pages
...equation have the required property? Art. 27. Equation of a Circle A circle is the locus of a point at constant distance from a fixed point. The fixed point is the center of the circle and the constant distance is its diUS< Let C (h, k), Fig. 27, be the center of the circle... | |
 | Frederick Shenstone Woods, Frederick Harold Bailey - Calculus - 1917 - 536 pages
...obtained may be used both for plotting the CERTAIN CURVES 35. The circle. A circle is the locus of a point at a constant distance from a fixed point. The fixed point is the center of the circle, and the constant distance is the radius. Let (A, Je) be the center C (fig. 71), and... | |
 | Edwin Schofield Crawley, Henry Brown Evans - Geometry, Analytic - 1918 - 257 pages
...a plane. 121. The equation of the sphere. DEFINITION. A sphere is the locus of all points in space at a constant distance from a -fixed point. The fixed point is called the center of the sphere, and the constant distance, the radius. The equation is obtained by... | |
 | Linda Bostock - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1999 - 422 pages
...point that moves so that it is at a fixed distance from a given point is the circumference of a circle. The locus of a point that moves at a constant distance from a straight line is a pair of parallel lines. When the line has 'ends' the constant distance from the... | |
 | L. Bostock - Mathematics - 1998 - 420 pages
...point that moves so that it is at a fixed distance from a given point is the circumference of a circle. The locus of a point that moves at a constant distance from a fixed straight line is a pair of parallel lines. In the case of a line of finite length, semicircular ends... | |
 | Linda Bostock - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 454 pages
...point that moves so that it is at a fixed distance from a given point is the circumference of a circle. The locus of a point that moves at a constant distance from a fixed straight line is a pair of parallel lines. In the case of a line of fixed length, semicircular ends... | |
 | Linda Bostock - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 434 pages
...point that moves so that it is at a fixed distance from a given point is the circumference of a circle. The locus of a point that moves at a constant distance from a straight line is a pair of parallel lines. For a line segment the constant distance from the nearest... | |
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