| Thomas Dix (of Oundle.) - Surveying - 1802 - 276 pages
...DEFINITIONS. * * > i. A POINT is the beginning of magnitude, and has neither length} breadth, nor thickness. 2. A Line is length without breadth. 3. A Straight Line is the shortest which can be drawn from one point to another. 4. Parallel Straight Lines are equally distant... | |
| Thomas Hunter - Geometry, Plane - 1878 - 142 pages
...A:B::C:D. and is x> JJ read A is to B as C to D. .Definitions. 1. A Point is that which has position only. 2. A Line is length without breadth. 3. A Straight Line is one that does not change its dU rection at any point, or it is the shortest distance between two points.... | |
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