 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 356 pages
...BCA, Fig. 2, is an obtuse angle. Lines forming acute or obtuse angles are oblique to each other. 3. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as AB, Fig. 2. The diameter is longer than any other chord. 4. A tangent to a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Richard Nelson - Arithmetic - 1867 - 304 pages
...curved line, all points of which are equidistant from the center. An Arc is any part of a circumference. A Chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. A Segment of a circle is a part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord. The Radius of a circle... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...of contact Thus, TP is a tangent. 21. An Auc of a circle is any part of the circumference, as A F. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. 22. MENSURATION is the art of finding the surface, and also the solid contents of bodies. 23. The AREA... | |
 | J. J. Hooke - Science - 1870 - 106 pages
...distance from the centre to the circumference. . . An arc is any part of a circle's circumference. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. GEOMETRICAL DEFINITIONS. 79 A segment is any part of a circle, cut off by a chord. A semicircle is... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...diameters are also equal, and each is double the radius. 4. An AEG is any part of a circumference. 5. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. Any chord. belongs to two arcs : the smaller one is meant, unless the contrary is expressed. 6. A SEGMENT... | |
 | James Harris (of King's sch, Chester.) - 1872 - 522 pages
...4840 : 300x121 :; 12 6 12 .150 EXERCISE X. (l)...An arc of a circle is any part of the circumference. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. A radws of a circle is a straight Une drawn from the centre to the circumference. A segment of a circle... | |
 | William Alexander Myers - Circle-squaring - 1873 - 238 pages
...each is double of the radius. 4. An arc is any part of the circumference, as AF. Fsy. 1 Plate 3. 5. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as FH. Fig. 1 Plate 3. 6. A segment is that part of a circle between an arc and its chord AG, HB, and... | |
 | William Alexander Myers - Circle-squaring - 1874 - 207 pages
...each is double of the radius. 4. An arc is any part of the circumference, as AF. Fs#. 1 Plate 3. 5. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as FH. Fig. 1 Plate 3. 6. A segment is that part of a circle between an arc and its chord AG, HE, and... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...diameters are also equal, and each is double the radius. 4. An ABC is any part of a circumference. 5. A CHORD is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. Any chord belongs to two arcs : the smaller one is meant, unless the contrary is expressed. 6. A SEGMENT... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 564 pages
...is called the radius, as BC or CD. 1026. An Arc is any part of the circumference, as AD or BD. 1027. A Chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc, as AD. 1028. A Segment is a portion of the circle included between an arc and its chord, as AED. 1029.... | |
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A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. 
