 | Euclides - Geometry - 1841 - 378 pages
...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. XIX. " A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the circumference'it cuts... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1842 - 332 pages
...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 14. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. 15. Eectilineal figures are those which are contained by straight lines. 16. Trilateral figures, or... | |
 | Euclides - 1842 - 316 pages
...semidiameter of a circle is now usually called the radius. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter, XIX. " A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight " line, and the circumference it... | |
 | William Pease - Geometry - 1843 - 80 pages
...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. 16. An Arc of a circle is any part of the circumference. 17. A Chord is a right line joining the extremities... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. ' 17- A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. 18. A straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference of a circle is'callod a radius. 19.... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1845 - 382 pages
...the semicircle, will perhaps be preferred by some : — " A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter." lt may be proved that a diameter divides a circle into two equal parts, by inverting one of them and... | |
 | Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. XIX. The centre of a semicircle is the same with that of the circle. XX. Rectilineal figures are those... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1845 - 218 pages
...centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. XIX. " A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight " line, and the circumference it... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - Geometry - 1846 - 128 pages
...drawn through the centre, and terminated both wa\s XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a, dia-meter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. XIX. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the circumference it cuts... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - Geometry - 1846 - 128 pages
...drawn through the centre, and terminated both way s XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. XIX. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the circumference it cuts... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. XIX. "A segment of... 
