 Circle is a plane figure bounded by one uniformly curved line, bed (Fig. 16), called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre, as a.  A course of geometrical drawing - Page 4by William Schofield Binns - 1861Full view - About this book
 | William Carter Hughes - Flour mills - 1862 - 348 pages
...GEOMETRICAL DEFINITIONS OF THE CIRCLE AND ITS PARTS. 1. A CIRCLE is a plain figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a certain point, called the centre. 2. The diameter of a circle is a straight line passing through the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Object-teaching - 1863 - 356 pages
...are called quadrilaterals. A Circle is a plane figure inclosed by a single curved line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. In popular language, however, the circumference itself is often called a circle.... | |
 | Henry Pallett - Flour mills - 1866 - 354 pages
...artat of circles, in feet. Swlablt far fly-v,hetli, etc., etc. A circle is a figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. The diameter is a straight line passing through the centre, and terminated both... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...other. Thus, HU (Fig. Def. 14) is a diagonal of 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... | |
 | Septimus Tebay - Measurement - 1868 - 168 pages
...9. An obtuse angle is greater than a right angle. 10. An acute angle is less than a right angle. 11. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within it to the circumference are equal... | |
 | E. M. Reynolds - Geometry - 1868 - 172 pages
...serious attention. As the circle is necessary to our constructions, we give here the ordinary definition. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, and is such that all lines drawn from a point within it to the circumference are equal. This point... | |
 | Alfred Hiley - 1871 - 184 pages
...; but if the sides are unequal, and also the angles unequal, then it is an irregular polygon. XXIX. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference, and is such that all the straight lines drawn from / a certain point within it to the A circumference... | |
 | Walter Smith - Geometrical drawing - 1872 - 72 pages
...26. DEF.35. DEF? 33*34 ß t* L THE CIECLE. Def. 28. A circle ABD is a figure bounded by one curved line called the circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point С within it, called the centre. Def. 29. A diameter AS is a straight line drawn through the centre... | |
 | English language - 1872 - 426 pages
...circus, G. kirkos, W. cyre, from cwr, round.] A plane figure boundedby a single curve line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre; — the line that bounds such a ngure ; a circumference. Circuit, (ser'kit)... | |
 | Walter Smith - Blackboard drawing - 1872 - 166 pages
...polygon has unequal sides and angles. The circle is a figure bounded by one curved line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called its centre. DIVISION d. ELLIPSE, OVAL, SPIRAL. DEFINITIONS. — The ellipse is a regular... | |
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