A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. Mechanical Drawing ... - Page 156by Frank William Bartlett - 1911 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
| Anthony Nesbit, W. Little - Measurement - 1822 - 916 pages
...48. The arc of a quadrant contains 90 degrees, which is the measure of a right angle. 49. An ellipse is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference; but as the figure is not a circle, it is described from two points in the loneest diameter, called... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Surveying - 1824 - 476 pages
...regular polygon has all its sides and angles equal ; when they are unequal, the polygon is irregular. 38. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is every where equi-distant from a certain po.int within it, called the centre. H 39. The diameter... | |
| Leonard Dunnell Gale - Physics - 1838 - 280 pages
...from h to b it will appear retrograde, and from 6 to c it will again appear stationary. Fig. 3. XV. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. XVI. The diameter of a circle is a line drawn through... | |
| John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1838 - 160 pages
...point of the heavens. | •See Fig. 5, Plate VI. 1 See Fig. 7, Plate VI. I 6 FIRST BOOK IN ASTRONOMY. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the cir cumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. The diameter of a circle is... | |
| Massachusetts. Board of Education - Education - 1909 - 540 pages
...figures. (Other problems come conveniently after curvilinear figures.) STUDY OF CURVILINEAR FIGURES. CIRCLE. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. The center of a circle... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...entire distance round it; and is found by adding together all the sides that bound it. Fig. 14. 34. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference or Periphery ; which is every where equally distant from a certain point within it. called the CENTRE.... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...figure, is the entire distance round it; and is found by adding together all the sides that bound it. 34. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference or Periphery ; which is every where equally distant from a certain point within it, called the CENTRE.... | |
| John Thomas Crossley - 1845 - 336 pages
...it is equiangular when all its angles are equal. When both these are equal, it is a regular figure. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference, which is every where equidistant from a point within, called its Centre. The circumference is sometimes... | |
| James Wharton - 1847 - 224 pages
...eleven ; and a duodecagon of twelve sides. 34. A regular polygon has all its sides and angles equal. 35. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is everywhere equi- д distant from a certain point within it, called the centre. 36. The diameter... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Plane trigonometry - 1847 - 492 pages
...regular polygon has all its sides and angles equal, they are unequal, the polygon is irregular. 38. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a certain point within it, called the centre. 39. The circumference... | |
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