 | Mines and mineral resources - 1894 - 330 pages
...all its sides equal, and its angles equal. rig. IB. A Circle is a plane figure contained or bounded by one line which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is... | |
 | Thomas Aloysius O'Donahue - Mine surveying - 1896 - 186 pages
...which has all its sides equal, and its angles equal. A circle is a plane figure contained or bounded by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Steam - 1897 - 362 pages
...CIRCLE is a plane figure bounded by one line, which is called the circumference ; and is such, t/tat all straight lines drawn from, a certain point within...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called tlie centre of the circle. A DIAMETER of a circle is a straight line drawn through... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - 1899 - 362 pages
...the triangle is said to be equilateral. 5. A circle is a plane (flat) figure contained by one line called the circumference, and is such that all straight...within the figure to the circumference are equal. This point is called the center of the circle. 6. The radius of a circle is any straight line drawn... | |
 | John Thornton - Physical geography - 1899 - 460 pages
...from a plane. The intersection of two planes is a straight line. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from its centre (radii) to the circumference are equal. A sphere, or globe, is a round body bounded by a... | |
 | Euclid, Henry Sinclair Hall, Frederick Haller Stevens - Euclid's Elements - 1900 - 330 pages
...said to be equal in area when they enclose equal portions of a plane surface. 15. 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. 16. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from... | |
 | Charles Annandale, Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1901 - 530 pages
...before expanding. Circle is a plane figure contained by one Hue, which is tailed the rircumferenrt, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point (the centre) within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. The properties of the... | |
 | G. F. Burn - Geometry - 1903 - 272 pages
...periphery is the boundary line of a circle or curved figure. Adjacent means adjoining. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. And this point is called the centre of the circle. In Practical Geometry, the circumference of a circle... | |
 | Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching - 1903 - 342 pages
...between perpendiculars let fall on it from the extremities of the former. DEF. 41. A circlets a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is suck that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are... | |
 | Euclid - Euclid's Elements - 1904 - 488 pages
...circle (i. Def. 15), may also be noted : 22J. A sphere is a solid figure contained by one surface, which is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within it to the surface are equal : this point is called the centre of the sphere. A radius of a sphere is... | |
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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. 
