 | William E. Bell - Bridges - 1859 - 226 pages
...those which have like positions in similar polygons. 34. The circumference of a circle is a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 35. The circle is the surface bounded by the circumference. 36. A radius of a circle... | |
 | Cornelius Sowle Cartée - Physical geography - 1861 - 356 pages
...curved. 95. Parallels are lines equidistant throughout their course. 97. A circle is a figure bounded by a curve line, every point of which is equally distant from the centre. The line• which limits a circle is the circumference. A straight line passing through... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...the diagonal 40 chains. Ans. 72A. 1R. 16P. ~T^ THE CIRCLE. /477. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 478. The curve line is called the circumference, and a line passing through the... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1867 - 1204 pages
...perimeter of the polygon.'* But, on the contrary, '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.'^ Now, here, as in all other works on Geometry, the polygon and the circle are defined... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1868 - 300 pages
...9. A plane bounded by lines is called a PLANE FIGURE. Pig. i. 10. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curve line every point of which is equally distant from, a point within, called the centre. 11. The curve line that bounds a circle is called the CIRCUMFERENCE. 12. The DIAMETER... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...(J1KCJJE 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... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...is ^^ part of the circumference of any circle. 325. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called A the center. 326. A Circumference is the line that bounds the circle. 327. An Arc is any part... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 296 pages
...-¡fa part of the circumference of any circle. 374. 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. 375. The CircumferB en ce of a circle is the line that bounds it. MISCELLANEOUS.... | |
 | Hermann Krüsi - Decoration and ornament - 1874 - 92 pages
...PATTERN AND DESIGN. THE CIRCLE. A circle, considered mathematically, is a space surrounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. In common language, and generally in drawing, the term circle is used to represent... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...AND THE MEA8UBEMENT OP 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... | |
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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. 
