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The definition of a straight line being the most important of the elements , I have wished to be able to give to it all the exactness and precision of which it is susceptible . Perhaps I might have attained this object by calling a ...
The definition of a straight line being the most important of the elements , I have wished to be able to give to it all the exactness and precision of which it is susceptible . Perhaps I might have attained this object by calling a ...
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The extremities of a line are called points . ... A straight or right line is the shortest way from one point to another . 4. Every line which is neither a straight line , nor composed of straight lines , is a curved line .
The extremities of a line are called points . ... A straight or right line is the shortest way from one point to another . 4. Every line which is neither a straight line , nor composed of straight lines , is a curved line .
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When a straight line AB ( fig . 3 ) meets another straight line CD in such a manner that the adjacent angles BAC , BAD , are equal , each of these angles is called a right angle , and the line AB is said to be perpendicular to CD . 11.
When a straight line AB ( fig . 3 ) meets another straight line CD in such a manner that the adjacent angles BAC , BAD , are equal , each of these angles is called a right angle , and the line AB is said to be perpendicular to CD . 11.
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Only one straight line can be drawn between two points . 26. Two magnitudes , whether they be lines , surfaces , or solids , are equal , when , being applied the one to the other , they coincide with each other entirely ; that is ...
Only one straight line can be drawn between two points . 26. Two magnitudes , whether they be lines , surfaces , or solids , are equal , when , being applied the one to the other , they coincide with each other entirely ; that is ...
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First Principles , or the Properties of Perpendicular , Oblique , and Parallel Lines . THEOREM . > > 27. All right angles are equal . Demonstration . Let the straight line CD be perpendicular to Fig . 16. AB ( fig .
First Principles , or the Properties of Perpendicular , Oblique , and Parallel Lines . THEOREM . > > 27. All right angles are equal . Demonstration . Let the straight line CD be perpendicular to Fig . 16. AB ( fig .
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