 | John Gummere - 1814 - 398 pagine
...distant from a certain point C within the circle, and this point is called the centre, Fig. 16. 34. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as CB, Fig. 1735. The diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1814 - 528 pagine
...circumference. 73. After Def. 17. add the following, which is in continual use, viz. >fa radius, or semidiameter of a circle, is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference." . 74. Def. 18, 19. Any part of a circle cut off by a straight line, is called a segment of a circle;... | |
 | John Imison - 1822 - 488 pagine
...18.) every where equally distant from a point E within the circle, which is called the centre. 33. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as E F. (Fig. 18.) The radius is the opening of the compass when a circle is described ; and consequently... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 pagine
...within it, called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the curve line, which bounds it. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and the diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre from one side of the circumference to... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 pagine
...within it, called the centre. The circumference of a circle is the curve line, which bounds it. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; and the diameter is a straight line drawn through the centre from one side of the circumference to... | |
 | Robertson Buchanan - 1823 - 440 pagine
...circumference, are equal to one another, and this point is called the centre of the circle. 57- The radius of a circle, is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference. The word radii is used, when more than one such line is spoken of. 58. The diameter of a circle, is a straight... | |
 | John Nicholson - 1825 - 822 pagine
...\8J, every where equally distant from a point E within the circle, which is called the centre. 44. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as EF fFig.' \8J. The radius is the opening of the compass when a circle is described , and consequently... | |
 | Thomas Hornby (land surveyor.) - 1827 - 318 pagine
...circumference is every where equi-distant from a point within it called the centre; as the circle AB D. 90. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as the line A C. Hence, the radius is the line or distance that describes the circumference. i 31.... | |
 | George Crabb - 1830 - 438 pagine
...of the circumference to the other, through the centre. so as to divide it into two equal parts. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference; the segment of a circle is a part cut off by a liue called the chord. The circumference of every circle... | |
 | John Nicholson (Civil engineer) - 1830 - 240 pagine
...18J, every where equally distant from a point E within the circle, which is called the centre. 44. The radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as EF (Fig. \8J. The radius is the opening of the compass when a circle is described ; and consequently... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 
