 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.  Elements of Geometry - Page 88by George Washington Hull - 1897 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 speaking of... | |
 | John Brocklesby - Astronomy - 1855 - 394 pages
...centre, (Latin) out of the centre. 19. A SPHERE. 'A sphere is a solid, bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre; every line passing through this centre, and limited by the surface, is a diameter. The half of this... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1855 - 396 pages
...straight line all the way ? 23O. Solids. (a.) A SPHERE is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. (6.) A line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a RADIUS, and a line drawn from any point... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...NONAOON ; that of ten, a DECAGON ; that of twelve, a DODECAGON, &c. A CIRCLE is a plane, terminated by a curved line, every point of which is equally...distant from a point within, called the centre. The curved line is called the circumference. The DIAMETER of a circle is a line passing through the centre,... | |
 | Thomas Solly - Free will and determinism - 1856 - 320 pages
...conceptions in the above instance united in the conception of the cause; the flight through the air in a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a certain imaginary fixed point and an imaginary straight line, are the representations united in the... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 392 pages
...straight line all the way ? 23O. Solids. (a.) A. SPHERE is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. (6.) A line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a KAWIIJS, and a line drawn from any point... | |
 | Thomas Solly - Free will and determinism - 1856 - 304 pages
...conceptions in the above instance united in the conception of the cause; the flight through the air in a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a certain imaginary fixed point and an imaginary straight line, are the representations united in the... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1857 - 608 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 centra. The curve is called the circumference, or in common language, the circle. So that in speaking... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...28 rods 24 yards 6.347 feet. CIRCLES. 627. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD. The circumference or periphery of a circle is the line bounds it. A radius is a line drawn... | |
 | Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 420 pages
...magnitude of the radius. Definition of a Sphere. — A Sphere is a hody hounded by one continuous surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Any line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a radiits. A line passing through... | |
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