 | Aaron Schuyler - Logic - 1869 - 182 pages
...real definition is a definition of a thing. Thus, a sphere is a volume bounded by a curved surface all the points of which are equally distant from a point within. 3d. A genetic definition is a definition exhibiting the mode of producing the thing. Thus, a sphere... | |
 | Bernhard Marks - Geometry - 1869 - 180 pages
...plane figure bounded by this curve is called a " circle." What point is at the centre of this figure ? A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from the centre. The curved line is called a "circumference" The... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...the Perpendicular or Altitude. 156. A Circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The curved line which bounds a circle is its Circumference. One-half of a circumference is a Semicircumferenee... | |
 | 1871 - 800 pages
...the arc of a circle answers to our author's definition of a circumference. For an arc ' is a curve line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre.' This definition is, however, not new. If Professor Smith will consult Montucla's History... | |
 | Bernard Marks - Geometry - 1871 - 172 pages
...figure bounded by this curve is called a "•circle." What point is at the centre of this figure ? A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from the centre. The curved line is called a "circumference." The... | |
 | William Chauvenet - Geometry - 1871 - 380 pages
...the figure. BOOK II. THE CIRCLE. 1. DEFINITIONS. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curve, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within it called the centre. The curve which bounds the circle is called its circumference: Any straight line... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...avoirdupois ? SECTION XXVI. CIRCULAR MEASURES. 314. A Circle is a plane surface bounded by a line, all parts of which are equally distant from a point within called the' center. 315. A Circumference is the line that bounds a circle. 316. An Arc is any part of the circumference... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Geometry - 1871 - 302 pages
...SPHERICAL GEOMETRY Definitions. 1. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, ail tho joints of which are equally distant from a point within, called the center. The sphere may be conceived to be described by the revolution of a semicircle A.DB, about its diameter... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1872 - 220 pages
...9. How many days in 48 hours ? In 72 hours? 10. How many years in 365 days ? CIRCULAR MEASURE. 101. A Circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line,...which are equally distant from a point within, called the cen- SWA ter. 102. The Circumference of a cirele is its entire bounding line. 103. An Arc of a... | |
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A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the center; as the figure ADB E. 
