 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 578 pages
...Take such a case as this. Here are two properties of circles. One is, that a circle is bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within the circle. This attribute is connoted by the name, and is, on both theories, a part of the concept.... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1867 - 1204 pages
...polygon, is called the perimeter of the polygon.'* But, on the contrary, 'A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre.'^ Now, here, as in all other works on Geometry, the polygon and the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1867 - 354 pages
...the parallel sides are 20 and 32 chains, and the perpendicular distance between them 26 chains ? 323. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, called the circumference. Every point of the circumference is equally distant from a certain point... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...sides including the right angle is called the Base, and the other the Perpendicular or Altitude. 156. A Circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The curved line which... | |
 | Alfred Hiley - 1871 - 184 pages
...contents. XXV. THE SPHERE. Definitions. — A sphere or globe is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a certain point within the sphere, called the centre. The radius of a sphere is the straight line drawn from the centre to... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...BOOK III. .. FHK (J1KCJJE AND TIIK MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES DEFINITIONS. 1. A CIRCLE is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. 2. A RADIUS is a straight... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...BOOK III. THE CIECLK AND THE MEA8UBEMENT OP ANGLES • DEFINITIONS. ; '1. A CIRCLE is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. 2. A RADIUS is a straight... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...is the degree, which is ^^ part of the circumference of any circle. 325. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called A the center. 326. A Circumference is the line that bounds the circle. 327. An... | |
 | Joseph W. Spoor - Astronomy - 1874 - 158 pages
...Diameter — Arc — Radios — Degrees. Fig. 1. Q. What is a Circle ? севе и«, ю A. A figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from the center. Q. What is the circumference of a circle ? A. The curved line that bounds it. Q. What is... | |
 | 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... | |
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A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
