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
| Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 422 pages
...Clrele. — A Circle is a plane figure bounded by one continuous line, called its circumference ; all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre of the circle. Thus, in the adjoining figure, if the points A, D, E, and B are equally distant from... | |
| Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - Arithmetic - 1858 - 262 pages
...divisions of the Circle. — The circumference of a circle is defined in geometry a recutiant line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. In all the scientific works in this country, the circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called... | |
| Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox - Rifle practice - 1859 - 308 pages
...TUB CIRCLE AND THE MEASURING OF ANGLES. "WK give the name of circumference to a curved line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. ,, The part of the surface contained in the circumference is called the circle. Every right line joining... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - Physics - 1860 - 484 pages
...equal ; j _,' H 0 as, IJ KL, Fig. 23. 22. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as, AB CD, Fig. 24. 23. The Axis of a sphere is a straight line passing through its centre and terminating... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. V. 11. Sch.) Note. — The circumference of a circle is a curve line, all 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... | |
| Alfred Newsom Niblett - 1861 - 204 pages
...11-1901524 PROBLEM 8. The diameter of a circle being giren, to find the circumference. DEFINITIONS. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a certain point within it, called the centre. The diameter of... | |
| Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1861 - 414 pages
...Circle.—A Circle is a plane figure bounded by one continuous line, called its circumference ; all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre of the circle. Thus, in the adjoining figure, if the points A, D, E, and B are equally distant from... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1862 - 518 pages
...153. The CIRCUMFERENCE or PERIPHERY of a circle is its. entire bounding line ; or it is a curved line, all points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre. 154. A RADIUS of a circle is any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as the... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Geometry - 1861 - 638 pages
...AND ITS MBOPEKT1ES. DllIMllOXS. V.fi. A HPHZSE is a solid, or relume, bounded by a carved surface, all points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. . The sphere may be conceived to be Conned by the revolution of a semicircle, DAE, about its diameter,... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1862 - 436 pages
...diameter by 3.14159. (Leg. V. 11. Sch.) Note. — The circumference of a circle is a curve line, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The diameter cfa circle is a straight line which passes through the centre, and is terminated on Doth... | |
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