 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.  An Elementary Geometry - Page 49by William Frothingham Bradbury - 1872 - 110 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Eli Todd Tappan - Geometry - 1868 - 432 pages
...circle. Hence, the following definitions : A CIRCLE is a portion of a plane bounded by a line called a CIRCUMFERENCE, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the CENTER. 146. Theorem — A circumference is curved throughout. For a straight line can not have... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...altitude is 9 feet ? Ans, SFHE! R El S . A Sphere, or Globe is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within 'called the center. TJie Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and terminating in its surface.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...is 9 feet? Ans. 183 cu.ft. SPHERES. 514. A Sphere, or Globe is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. The Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and terminating in its surface.... | |
 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...to AB at its centre is called the minor diameter. A Sphere is a solid, bounded by a convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, Fig. 22. A Spheroid is a solid, generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its diameters.... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1869 - 350 pages
...is a plane surface. Fig. 1. Fig 2. 326. A plane surface, as in Pig. 1, bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre, is a Circle. 3*37. The bounding line is called the Circumference of the circle. Anj' part of the circumference... | |
 | John Lowres - 1870 - 130 pages
...obtuse, as 0 PQ ; and when less, acute, as E s T. THE CIRCLE &c. A Circle is a plane figure formed by one curved line called the CIRCUMFERENCE, every point of which is equally distant from a point within it called the CENTRE. By the term ' circle ' is meant either the circumference only, or the surface... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa N. L. Walton - Arithmetic - 1871 - 348 pages
...surface of a slate, is a plane surface. 336. A plane surface, as in Fig. 1, bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre, is a Circle. 337. The bounding line is called the Circumference of the circle. Any part of the circumference... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 268 pages
...triangles similarly situated are similar. BOOK III. F THE CIRCLE. DEFINITIONS. 1. A Circle is a piano figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference,...point within called the centre ; as ABD E. 2. The Radius of a circle is a lino drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as C D. 3, The Diameter of... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...AND TIIK MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES DEFINITIONS. 1. A CIRCLE is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. 2. A RADIUS is a straight line drawn from the centre... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...used in connection with angles and parts of circles. 273. A Circle is a figure bounded by a curve, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. The Circumference of a circle is the curve that _A|bounds it. A Diameter is a straight line drawn through... | |
| |
