 A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.  The Weston school manual - Page 34by Colin Arrott R. Browning - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 400 pages
...enclosed by one or more boundaries. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point... | |
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...enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point... | |
 | Thomas Kentish - Mathematical instruments - 1854 - 268 pages
...of twelve, a dodecagon. A triangle is sometimes called a trigon ; and a quadrilateral, a tetragon. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from the centre. A right line passing through the centre, and meeting... | |
 | Euclides - 1855 - 270 pages
...well as to plane figures. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained [or, bounded] by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. The circumference... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1856 - 334 pages
...entire distance round it ; and is found by adding together all the sides that Fig. 14. 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.... | |
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...definition but a proposition in which a certain important property of the circle is involved? viz., that all straight lines drawn from the centre to the circumference are equal. This U the test of circularity, if we may use the term, — the method by which we ascertain whether... | |
 | Robert Rawson - 1856 - 178 pages
...inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVL And this point... | |
 | William Ezra Worthen - Architectural drawing - 1857 - 650 pages
...which are their respective designations. A circle is a plane figure contamed by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines, drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is... | |
 | Euclides - 1858 - 248 pages
...section equals the square of half the line. Def. 15 and 16. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. And this point is... | |
 | John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...distances, and taking the thickness of solids. Circle, a plain figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one anCHU CIRCULAR. С Г- А other,... | |
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