 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...latitude and longitude, difference of time, etc. 288. 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. 289. The Circumference of a circle is the bounding line; any part of the circumference,... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...measure. ANGULAR MEASURE AND LONGITUDE. DEFINITIONS. 133. 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, and any part of this circumference... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...ANGULAR MEASURE AND LONGITUDE. DEFINITIONS. 209. 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; as, AED. The bounding line is called the circumference; as, AED. Any part of the... | |
 | Edwin Pliny Seaver - Arithmetic - 1878 - 380 pages
...quart ; what did I gain by the sale ? CIRCULAR AND ANGULAR MEASURES. 331. A plane surface bounded by a line every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre, is a circle. 332. The bounding line of a circle is the circumference. Any part of... | |
 | William Henry Harrison Phillips - Geometry - 1878 - 236 pages
...parallelogram. BOOK II. THE CIRCLE I. —DEFINITIONS. 1. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point wi-thin called the centre. 2. The curve is called the circumference of the circle. 3. An arc is a portion of... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 392 pages
...ridge above the plates is j the spau, etc. 441. A Circle is a plane (flat) figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the Centre. The curved line i8 called the Circumference. A line drawn from the centre to the... | |
 | George Woolworth Colton, Joseph Hutchins Colton - Atlases - 1880 - 152 pages
...on which circles are drawn in order to define positions upon it. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, every point of which is equally distant from the center. In connection with the sphere, the curve line is generally termed a circle. 2. The Circles... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Geometry, Analytic - 1880 - 314 pages
...beginning with the circle, which is the simplest of these loci. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. In Analytic Geometry, the term Circle is applied indifferently both to the area... | |
 | Simon Newcomb - Geometry - 1881 - 418 pages
...extended in both directions. Parallel imes. The Circle. 10. Def. A circle is a figure formed by a plane curve line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within it called the centre. The Angle. 11. Def. An angle is a figure formed by two straight lines extending... | |
 | Geography - 1881 - 142 pages
...Four right ^ angles exactly nil the space round any point. '•4^ A Circle is a figure bounded by a line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the Center. (See diagram, page 4-) The Circumference of a circle is the line that bounds it.... | |
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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. 
