 | English language - 1872 - 426 pages
...from cwr, round.] A plane figure boundedby a single curve line, called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the centre; — the line that bounds such a ngure ; a circumference. Circuit, (ser'kit) n. [F., L. circuitиs,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...of the cone, along lines which are called elements of cotUact. 12. A SPHERE is a volume bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. A sphere may be generated by a semicircle revolving about its diameter as an axis.... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Decoration and ornament - 1873 - 236 pages
...a circle. A circle is a plane bounded by a single curved line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it called the centre. The circumference itself is usually called a circle. A straight line drawn from the centre to any part... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Mechanical drawing - 1881 - 236 pages
...a circle. A circle is a plane bounded by a single curved line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it called the centre. The circumference itself is usually called a circle. A straight line drawn from the centre to any part... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 332 pages
...ellipse will be |, or .66+. 36. A Solid is a magnitude that has length, breadth, and thickness. 37. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface every...point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. A Hemisphere is half a sphere. A Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...its top is 4 in. Find the solid contents. Ans. 3920.7168 cu. in. 691. Spheres. — A Sphere is a body bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. RULES. — /. To find the surface of a sphere, multiply the square of the diameter... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...of the cone, along lines which are called elements of contact. 12. A SPHERE is a volume bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. A sphere may be generated by a semicircle revolving about its diameter as an axis.... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...parallel to the plane of its base ; as, Figure G. 397 A Sphere is a solid bounded by one continued surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre; as, Figure H. The Altitude of a prism, cube, or parallelopipedon, is the perpendicular... | |
 | Milton Browning Goff - Arithmetic - 1876 - 462 pages
...the areas of bases for the entire surface. Fig. 9. 561. A Sphere is a volume bounded by a uniformly curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center, Fig. 9. The Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through the center and... | |
 | John Lowres - 1876 - 96 pages
...т. 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 tho CENTRE. By the term . circle ' is meant either the circumference only, or the surface contained... | |
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A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. 
