 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...are equal to one another; 15. And this point is called the centre. 16. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the 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... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - 1845 - 894 pages
...is called the-cen<re. 4. The distance from the centre to either focus is called the eccentricity. 5. Any straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the curve, is called a diameter. 6. The points in which any diameter meets the curve are called the vertices... | |
 | Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. 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... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 542 pages
...is called the centre. 4. The distance from the centre to either focus is called the eccentricity. 5. Any straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the curve, is called a diameter. 6. The points in which any, diameter meets the curve are called the vertices... | |
 | Euclides - 1846 - 292 pages
...another : xvi. And this point is called the centre of the circle. xvn. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. xvin. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference it cut off.... | |
 | Euclid, John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1846 - 334 pages
...one another. 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the 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... | |
 | Euclides - 1847 - 128 pages
...another : — 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 18. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter, and the part of the circumference cut off by... | |
 | Euclides - 1848 - 52 pages
...another. XVI. And this point is called ttas centre of the circle. XVII. 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... | |
 | James Thomson - 1848 - 326 pages
...termed the transverse, and DE the conjugate or second axis.* In both the ellipse and the hyperbola also, any straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the curve is called a diameter. 5. From the equation of the ellipse found in No. 3, we have a2 : 62 : :... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1848 - 354 pages
...circumference. A semi.circle is half, and a quadrant onefourth of a circle. II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from the centre to the circumference. A Chord is a straight line... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 
