 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1829 - 210 pages
...circumference. And the chord of any arch is the straight line joining the two extremities of the arch. ED. 5. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line and the arch which it cuts off, or, it is the space included between an arch and its chord. * Numbers 1, 2,... | |
 | Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...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 off." XX. Rectilineal ^figures are those which are contained by straight lines.... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...is said to be farther from the center. B. An arch of a circle is any part of the circumference. 6. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the arch which it cuts off. 6. An angle in a segment is the angle contained by two straight lines drawn... | |
 | Euclides - 1840 - 192 pages
...said to be farther from the centre. 7. An ARCH or arc of a circle is any part of the circumference. 8. A SEGMENT of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the arch which it cuts off. 9. An angle in a segment is the angle made by two straight lines drawn from... | |
 | Euclides - Geometry - 1841 - 378 pages
...straight line on which the greater perpendicular falls, is said to be farther from the centre. VI. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line and the circumference it cuts off. VII. " The angle of a segment is that which is contained by " the straight... | |
 | Euclides - 1842 - 316 pages
...from the centre of a circle, when the perpendiculars drawn to them from the centre are equal. V. VI. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line and the circumference it cuts off. VII. " The angle of a segment is that which is contained by the " straight... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1842 - 332 pages
...circumference of the circle. And any straight line which meets the circle in two points, is called a secant. 5. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the arc which it cuts off. 6. An angle in a segment is the angle contained by two straight lines drawn... | |
 | William Pease - Geometry - 1843 - 80 pages
...thus, if a right line be cut into two or more parts, each part is a segment of the whole line. XIX. " A segment of a circle is the figure contained " by a straight line, and the circumference it cuts off." 20. A quadrant is a quarter of a circle contained by two radii, which will... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1845 - 218 pages
...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 off." XX. Rectilineal figures are those which are contained by straight lines.... | |
 | Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...straight line on which the greater perpendicular falls, is said to be farther from the centre. VI. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the circumference which it cuts off. VII. The angle of a segment is that which is contained by the straight... | |
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A segment of a circle, is the figure contained by a straight line and the circumference which it cuts off. 
