| William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 124 pages
...CIRCLE. DEFINITIONS. 1. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E. 2. The Eadius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 262 pages
...CIRCLE. DEFINITIONS. 1. A Circle is a piano figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E. 2. The Radius of a circle is a lino drawn from the centre to the circumference... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...used in connection with angles and parts of circles. 273. A Circle is a figure bounded by a curve, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. The Circumference of a circle is the curve that _A|bounds it. A Diameter is a straight... | |
| Gerardus Beekman Docharty - Calculus - 1865 - 328 pages
...of intersection. CHAPTER II. ON THE CIRCLE. (28.) The circumference of the circle is a plane curve, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. PROPOSITION I. (29.) The equation of the circle referred to oblique axes is (xx'Y+(yy'Y±1(xx')... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1873 - 158 pages
...astronomy. 3. What is a circle ? Ans. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 4. What is the circumference of a circle ? Ans. The Circumference of a circle is the curve line by... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 540 pages
...vessels, etc. 373. The Unit is the Degree, which is -^ v part of the circumference of any circle. 374. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line...equally distant from a point within called the Center. 375. The Circumference of a circle is the line that bounds it. 377. An Angle is the difference in the... | |
| Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...quantities are proportionals. BOOK III. THE CIECLK AND THE MEA8UBEMENT OP ANGLES • DEFINITIONS. ; '1. A CIRCLE is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line,...which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. 2. A RADIUS is a straight line drawn from... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...bodies, etc. 324. The Unit is the degree, which is ^^ part of the circumference of any circle. 325. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line,...which is equally distant from a point within called A the center. 326. A Circumference is the line that bounds the circle. 327. An Arc is any part of the... | |
| Hermann Krüsi - Decoration and ornament - 1874 - 92 pages
...OCTAGON PATTERN AND DESIGN. THE CIRCLE. A circle, considered mathematically, is a space surrounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. In common language, and generally in drawing, the term circle is used to represent the... | |
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