 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.  Essentials of Arithmetic - Page 150by David Martin Sensenig, Robert Franklin Anderson - 1902 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...top terminated in a point or vertex. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter,... | |
 | John Weale - Architecture - 1850 - 600 pages
...the top of a bed or canopy Sphere, in geometry, a globe, a solid contained under one uniform surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre of the sphere, and may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle aboui... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...round pyramid, having a circular base. 8. A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be formed by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter,... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Calculus - 1851 - 300 pages
...become x=r cos. «, y=r sin. v. SECTION IT. ON THE CIRCLE. (32.) A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. This bounding line is called the circumference of the circle. A radius of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...the distance from one of the lower corners to an opposite upper corner. Ans. 32.3+ feet. ART. 276. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every part of which is equally distant from a point called the centre. The circumference or periphery of... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1852 - 320 pages
...NONAGOJ* ; that of t«i, a DECAGON ; that of twelve, a DODECAGON, &-i•.. A CIRCLE is a plane, terminated by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, culled the center. The curved line is called the circumference The DIAMETER of a circle is a line passing... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1853 - 264 pages
...parameter. A Sphere, or globe, is a perfectly round substance — a solid contained under a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. Its axis, or diameter, is any right line passing from a side through the centre to the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...the distance from one of the lower corners to an opposite upper corner. Ans. 32.3-f- feet. ART. 276. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every part of which is equally distant from a point called the centre. The circumference or periphery of... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...the additional fact, that two straight lines cannot include a space. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 1 The curve is called the circumference, or in common language, the circle. So that in... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...Descriptive Geometry, Shade» and Shadows, Perspective, Spherical Projections, and Isometrical Projcca curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The curve is called the circumference, or in common language, the circle. So that in speaking... | |
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