 | William Dodds - 1883 - 202 pages
...THE CIRCUMFERENCE AND DIAMETER OF A CIRCLE. 96. A Circle is a plane figure bounded bj a curved line called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a point within the figure to the circumference are equal, and this point is called the centre of the... | |
 | Mathematical association - 1884 - 146 pages
...between perpendiculars let fall on it from the extremities of the former. DEF. 41. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. DEF. 42. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn... | |
 | Euclides - 1884 - 182 pages
...the word ' area ' used for, and what does ' figure ' then mean ? 8. CIRCLES. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | Euclides - 1884 - 214 pages
...1. A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other. Definition 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. Axiom 1. Magnitudes which are equal to the same magnitude are equal to one another. Definition 24.... | |
 | Association for the improvement of geometrical teaching - Geometry, Modern - 1884 - 150 pages
...between perpendiculars let fall on it from the extremities of the Jor1ner. DEF. 41. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle. DEF. 42. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn... | |
 | Euclides - 1884 - 434 pages
...inside the circle, outside the circle, and on the oce. BOOK III. DEFINITIONS. 1. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line which is called the circumference,...within the figure to the circumference are equal. This point is called the centre of the circle, and the straight lines drawn from the centre to the... | |
 | Stewart W. and co - 1884 - 272 pages
...or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain...to the circumference are equal to one another. XVI. This point is called the centre. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the... | |
 | Popular educator - 1884 - 900 pages
...is a plane figure contained or bounded by a eurml line, called the circumference or periphery, which is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to tho circumference are equal to each other. This point Fig:. 6. Fig. 7. ii called the centre of the... | |
 | James Bailey Andrews - Circle-squaring - 1884 - 40 pages
..."Euclid's" definition of what constitutes a circle and its diameter — "A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line, which is called the circumference ; and is such, that all right lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another,... | |
 | Colin Arrott R. Browning - 1884 - 274 pages
...trapeziums. This is practised in laud surveying. (23) A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from the centre to the circumference are equal. Every such line is called a radius. The Diameter is a straight... | |
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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 : XVI. 
