 | James Smith - Circle-squaring - 1861 - 292 pages
...are equal to one another. This point within the figure is called the centre of the circle. A straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference, is called a diameter of the circle. Do you really mean to deny, that such a circle can be drawn? Your... | |
 | Euclides - 1863 - 74 pages
...circumference are radii. 17. A diameter of a circle (diametros, a measure through), is any straight line drawn, through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference; as AB, or DE, in the circle ADBE. A diameter is double of a radius, (radius, the spoke of a wheel),... | |
 | Euclides - 1863 - 122 pages
...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 tho circumference cut off... | |
 | Euclides - 1865 - 80 pages
...circle are equal, for each of them is equal to the radiant. 35. The DIAMETER of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 36. An ARC of a circle is any part of the circumference. 37. Magnitudes which coincide the whole of... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 pages
...another. 1C. 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 it cuts off.... | |
 | Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 424 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. [A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference.] 18. A semicircle... | |
 | Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 426 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. [A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference.] 18. A semicircle... | |
 | Septimus Tebay - Measurement - 1868 - 168 pages
...radius is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference (CD). 14. A diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference (AE) . 15. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and part of the circumference cut off... | |
 | Euclides - 1871 - 136 pages
...centre of a circle to the circumference is called a RADIUS. XV. A DIAMETER of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre and terminated both ways by the circumference. Tims, in the diagram, 0 is the centre of the circle ABCD, OA, OB, OC, OD are Badii of the circle, and... | |
 | Euclides, James Hamblin Smith - Geometry - 1872 - 376 pages
...centre of a circle to the circumference is called a RADIUS. XV. A DIAMETER of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre and terminated both ways by the circumference. Thus, in the diagram, O is the centre of the circle A BCD, OA, OB, OC, OD are Radii of the circle,... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 
