 | Euclides - 1862 - 140 pages
...circumference are equal to one 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 oy the circumference. 18. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1862 - 468 pages
...curve that bounds it; as, AC FDD. 6. Any part of the circumference is called an Arc; as, AC, C F. 7. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, terminating at both ends in the circumference; as, AB. Every circle has an infinite number of diameters,... | |
 | Euclides - 1863 - 122 pages
...circumference, are equal to one another. 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... | |
 | Euclides - 1865 - 80 pages
...Cor. Hence all the radii of the same 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... | |
 | Euclides - 1865 - 402 pages
...circumference are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circl*. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circum/ ference. NB — When several angles are at one point B, any one of them is... | |
 | Leroy J. Blinn - Sheet-metal work - 1866 - 216 pages
...radius of a circle is a Straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as BD, fig. 7. 4. The diameter of a circle is a Straight line drawn through the centre and terminated both ways at the circumference, as ABC. 5. A chord is a Straight line joining any two points of the... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 pages
...circumference are equal to one 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... | |
 | Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 426 pages
...circumference are equal to one 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... | |
 | J. J. Hooke - Science - 1870 - 106 pages
...called the circumference, all parts of which are equally distant from a given point called the centre. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre of it. The radius is half the diameter; or the distance from the centre to the circumference. . . An... | |
 | Euclides - 1871 - 136 pages
...Any straight line drawn from the 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,... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 
