 | Herbert John McCaslin - Patternmaking - 1907 - 304 pages
...of a circle may be defined as any part of its circumference and is measured along its circumference. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. A segment of a circle is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord. These various parts... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry, Plane - 1908 - 208 pages
...circles are equal. (Converse of § 144.) 146. Concentric circles are circles having the same centre. 147. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc ; as AB. The arc is said to be subtended by its chord. Every chord subtends two arcs ; thus chord AB subtends... | |
 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1908 - 336 pages
...circles are equal. (Converse of § 144.) 146. Concentric circles are circles having the same centre. 147. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc; as AB. The arc is said to be subtended by its chord. Every chord subtends two arcs ; thus chord AB subtends... | |
 | Prang Company - Art - 1908 - 364 pages
...center to the circumference (Fig. 115). An Arc of a circle is any part of the circumference (Fig. 1 16). A Chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc (Fig. 116). A Semicircle is half of a circle (Fig. 1 1 5). A Quadrant is a quarter of a circle (Fig.... | |
 | Henry John Spooner - Machine design - 1908 - 300 pages
...terminated on both sides by the circumference. An arc of a circle is any part of the circumference. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. A segment i« any part of a circle, bounded by an arc and ita chord. A semicircle is half a circle,... | |
 | Henry John Spooner - Machine design - 1908 - 290 pages
...terminated on both sides by the circumference. An arc of a circle is any part of the circumference. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. A segment is any part of a circle, bounded by an arc and its chord. A sector is any part of a circle... | |
 | American School of Correspondence - Civil engineering - 1908 - 474 pages
...one-quarter of the circumference is called a quadrant. A quadrant may mean the sector, arc or angle. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. It is a line drawn across a circle that does not pass through the center. A secant is a straight line... | |
 | William Herschel Bruce, Claude Carr Cody (Jr.) - Geometry, Modern - 1910 - 284 pages
...called a semicircle, as ABC; if equal to one fourth the circle, it is called a quadrant, as DA. 217. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. AE is a chord. Every chord subtends two arcs, a major arc and a minor arc. The major arc is greater... | |
 | Architectural drawing - 1910 - 430 pages
...one-quarter of the circumference is called a quadrant. A quadrant may mean the sector, arc or angle. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. It is a line drawn across a circle that does not pass through the center. A secant is a straight line... | |
 | Henry John Spooner - Geometrical drawing - 1911 - 196 pages
...terminated at both ends by the circumference. An arc of a circle is any part of the circumference. A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. A segment is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord. A semicircle is half a circle, or... | |
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A chord is a straight line joining the extremities of an arc. 
