 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1868 - 300 pages
...bounded by lines is called a PLANE FIGURE. Pig. i. 10. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curve line every point of which is equally distant from, a point within, called the centre. 11. The curve line that bounds a circle is called the CIRCUMFERENCE. 12. The DIAMETER of... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...the square. 19. A CIRCLE is a figure bounded by a curvo line, called the circumference, every part of •which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. A DIAJIETEK is a straight line passing through the center and terminated both ways by the circumference.... | |
 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...to AB at its centre is called the minor diameter. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, Fig. 22. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1870 - 336 pages
...equal? Ans. 13.92-|- feet. 298, A Sphere is a solid bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center and terminated by the surface... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Geometry - 1871 - 302 pages
...CIRCLE, AND THE MEASURE OF ANGLES. Definitions. 1. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, evory point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. 2. A radius of a circle is a straight... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...9.162-J- feet. THE SPHERE. 362. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the center. The Axis or Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through the center, arid terminated by the surface.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...quantities are proportionals. BOOK III. .. FHK (J1KCJJE AND TIIK MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES DEFINITIONS. 1. A CIRCLE is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line,...which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. 2. A RADIUS is a straight line drawn from... | |
 | Eli Todd Tappan - Geometry - 1873 - 288 pages
...the following definitions: A CIRCLE is a portion of a plane bounded by a line called a CIRCUMFERENCE, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the CENTER. 146. Theorem — A circumference is curved throughout. For a straight line can not have more than two... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...used in connection with angles and parts of circles. 273. A Circle is a figure bounded by a curve, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. The Circumference of a circle is the curve that _A|bounds it. A Diameter is a straight... | |
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A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
