 A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the Centre.  A Grammar School Arithmetic - Page 113by George Albert Wentworth - 1889 - 451 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Lauris Blake - Astronomy - 1838 - 160 pages
...point of the heavens. | •See Fig. 5, Plate VI. 1 See Fig. 7, Plate VI. I 6 FIRST BOOK IN ASTRONOMY. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the cir cumference, every part of which is equally distant from the centre. The diameter of a circle is... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1841 - 288 pages
...and the Measure of Angles. DEFINITIONS. 87. THE circumference of a circle is a curved line all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. The circle is the space terminated by this curved line.* Fig 4t,. 88. Every straight line CA, CE, CD... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...entire distance round it; and is found by adding together all the sides that bound it. Fig. 14. 34. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference or Periphery ; which is every where equally distant from a certain point within it. called the CENTRE.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...figure, is the entire distance round it; and is found by adding together all the sides that bound it. 34. A CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference or Periphery ; which is every where equally distant from a certain point within it, called the CENTRE.... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Measurement - 1844 - 130 pages
...two ends, measured upon the surface. 10. A Sphere is a solid, terminated by a curved surface, all the points of •which are equally distant from a point •within, called the centre. A sphere may be described by the revolution of a semi-circle about a diameter. 11. A radius of a sphere... | |
 | John Thomas Crossley - 1845 - 336 pages
...it is equiangular when all its angles are equal. When both these are equal, it is a regular figure. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the Circumference, which is every where equidistant from a point within, called its Centre. The circumference is sometimes... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 542 pages
...GEOMETRY. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. DEFINITIONS. 1. THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. G The sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - Conic sections - 1845 - 244 pages
...GEOMETRY. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. DEFINITIONS. 1. THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. G The sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - 1845 - 894 pages
...GEOMETRY. SPHERICAL GEOMETRY. DEFINITIONS. 1. THE sphere is a solid terminated by a curve surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The sphere may be conceived to be generated by the revolution of a semicircle DAE about its diameter... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. 11. 5. Sch.) Note. — The circumference of a circle is a curve line, al1 the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter of a circle is a straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated on both... | |
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