CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E. Observational Geometry - Page 87by William Taylor Campbell - 1899 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
| Franklin Ibach - Geometry - 1882 - 208 pages
...numerical. BOOK III. THE CIRCLE. DEFINITIONS. 172. A circle is a plane bounded by a curve, all the . points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The Circumference of a circle is the curve which bounds it. An Arc is a part of the circumference ; as,'... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...is 27 inches and at the smaller is 16 inches ? 406. A Sphere is a body bounded by a curved surface, all parts of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. The Diameter of a sphere is any straight line drawn through its center, and terminating... | |
| Franklin Ibach - Geometry - 1882 - 208 pages
...GEOMETRY. BOOK III. THE CIRCLE. DEFINITIONS. 172. A Circle, is a plane bounded by a curve, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. A( The Circumference, of a circle is the curve which bounds it. An Arc is a part of the circumference... | |
| National Telephone Exchange Association - Engineering - 1885 - 898 pages
...satisfaction — on you who remind him of Euclid's definition of a circle — "A curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre." No longer will some honeyed representative of illustrated journalism beg his photograph in order to... | |
| Webster Wells - Geometry - 1886 - 392 pages
...217. BOOK II. THE CIRCLE. DEFINITIONS. 150. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. The curve which bounds the circle is called the circumference, and any portion of it is called an arc.... | |
| Frank Eugene Kidder - Architecture - 1886 - 640 pages
...of it by a plane parallel to the base. A sphere is a volume bounded by a curved sin-face, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. treats of the measurement of lines, surface*. "Fig. 21 .Mensuration find rolumes. RULES. To compute,... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1886 - 392 pages
...MEASURE. 177. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 178. A line drawn through the centre and terminated by the circumference is called a diameter; and... | |
| William Chauvenet, William Elwood Byerly - Geometry - 1887 - 331 pages
...element of contact. THE SPHERE. 19. Definition. A sphere is a solid bounded by a surface all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. A sphere may be generated by the revolution of a semicircle ABC about its diameter AC as an axis; for... | |
| George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Arithmetic - 1887 - 448 pages
...chimney contain ? ARITHMETICAL EXERCISES. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. A straight line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a radius, and a straight line drawn... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Geometry - 1888 - 272 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 210. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line called a circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 211. A radius is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and a diameter is a straight... | |
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