 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...from circa», anything of a round form]. A portion of a plane AEBF. bounded by a curved line, even' point of which is equally distant from a point within -*'~ called the centre. The bounding line is called the circumference. The term circle, is often applied to the circumference... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1855 - 396 pages
...straight line all the way ? 23O. Solids. (a.) A SPHERE is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. (6.) A line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a RADIUS, and a line drawn from any point... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...that of ten, a DECAGON ; that of twelve, a DODECAGON, &c. A CIRCLE is a plane, terminated by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. The curved line is called the circumference. The DIAMETER of a circle is a line passing through the... | |
 | Hiram Mattison - Astronomy - 1856 - 254 pages
...signifies oblique, unequal. (Sw obtuse and acute angled.) A i 1 1:1 • c. i;. 18. ClBCLES AND ELLIPSES. A Circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the center. Concentric Circles are such... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 392 pages
...straight line all the way ? 23O. Solids. (a.) A. SPHERE is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every part of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. (6.) A line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a KAWIIJS, and a line drawn from any point... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1857 - 608 pages
...that two straight lines cannot include a space. A circle is a portion of a plane bounded by a curved line, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centra. The curve is called the circumference, or in common language, the circle. So that in speaking... | |
 | Sarah S. Cornell - Geography - 1857 - 420 pages
...magnitude of the radius. Definition of a Sphere. — A Sphere is a hody hounded by one continuous surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called its centre. Any line drawn from the centre to the surface is called a radiits. A line passing through... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...28 rods 24 yards 6.347 feet. CIRCLES. 627. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a line, every part of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as AEFGBD. The circumference or periphery of a circle is the line bounds it. A radius is a line drawn... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...Circle of the Zodiac, C. c. 1 S. 1 12 o 1 30 360 1 60 1800 21600 60 36UO 108000 1296000 081 NOTE. — 1. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, every part of which is equally distant from a point called its centre. The Circumference of a circle is the... | |
 | William E. Bell - Bridge building - 1857 - 250 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 is a straight... | |
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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. 
