 | 1871 - 800 pages
...the same words. ' A circle,' say they, ' is a plane figure contained by a line, which is called its circumference, and is such, that all straight lines...figure to the circumference are equal to one another.' Thus the circle, as defined by them, ia ' a plane figure- ' that is, a figure described in a plane,... | |
 | Henry Major - Student teachers - 1873 - 588 pages
...more boundaries. , XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. XVI. This point is called the centre. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through... | |
 | Euclides - 1874 - 342 pages
...figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. 16. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Edward Atkins - 1874 - 426 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one Or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle, [and any straight line drawn from the centre... | |
 | Euclides - 1874 - 120 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Robert Potts - Geometry - 1876 - 446 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed TiV one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVL And this point i* called the center of the circle. xvn. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson - English language - 1876 - 676 pages
...up. Chuttack — An Indian weight, the sixteenth part of a seer. Circle — A plane figure, contained by one line which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. Circumference, vide Circle. Ciroumferenta — A small... | |
 | Association for the improvement of geometrical teaching - Geometry, Modern - 1876 - 66 pages
...surface enclosed by a line or lines. DEF. 8. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. DEF. 9. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - 1877 - 442 pages
...right angles. 18. A square is a rectangle with all its sides equal. 19. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line which is called the circumference,...figure to the circumference are equal to one another : this point is called the centre of the circle. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from... | |
 | Edward Atkins - 1877 - 72 pages
...figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle, [and any straight line drawn from the centre... | |
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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 
