 | Webster Wells - Geometry - 1886 - 392 pages
...section is a circle. THE SPHERE. DEFINITIONS. 616. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all •points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. A radius of a sphere is a straight line drawn from the centre to the surface, and a diameter is a straight... | |
 | Frank Eugene Kidder - Architecture - 1886 - 640 pages
...part of it by a plane parallel to the base. A sphere is a volume bounded by a curved sin-face, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. treats of the measurement of lines, surface*. "Fig. 21 .Mensuration find rolumes. RULES. To compute,... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Arithmetic - 1887 - 448 pages
...does the chimney contain ? ARITHMETICAL EXERCISES. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. A straight line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a radius, and a straight line drawn... | |
 | William Chauvenet, William Elwood Byerly - Geometry - 1887 - 331 pages
...parallelogram. BOOK II. THE CIRCLE. 1. DEFINITIONS. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded t>y t« curve, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within it called the centre. The curve which bounds the circle is called its circumference. Any straight line... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...with all of its sides equal. The figure C1 is a square. 935. A clrele is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 936. The line that bounds a circle is the circumference ; any straight line from the centre to the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry - 1888 - 272 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 210. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line called a circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 211. A radius is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and a diameter is a straight... | |
 | Seth Thayer Stewart - Geometry, Modern - 1891 - 428 pages
...CIRCLE. SECTION I.— EQUAL CHORDS AND ARCS. DEFINITIONS. 236. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center ; as the circle whose center is C. 237. The circumference is the line that bounds the circle.... | |
 | James N. Patrick - Educational psychology - 1891 - 232 pages
...is heavier than water; therefore, lead will sink. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; the figure on the blackboard is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally... | |
 | George Irving Hopkins - 1891 - 210 pages
...altitude of the triangle. OIKOLES. 183. 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 centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. Any portion of the circumference is called an arc. A radius... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...top by a plane parallel to the base. 546. A Sphere is a body bounded by a uniformly curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center. 54 7. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center of the sphere,... | |
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CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre; as the figure ADB E. 
