 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...point, called its centre. The circumference itself is often called a circle, and also the periphery. 45. The radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as A B. H 46. The diameter of a circle is a line drawn through the centre and terminating at the circumference... | |
 | Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1850 - 402 pages
...being equal to the radius, and hence it is .5; so that the curve exceeds the straight line by .0236. The radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as a ray emanating from the centre, and if these radii be drawn from the centre to every part of the circumference,... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
...joining the extremities of an arc. A Segment of a circle is any part bounded by an arc and its chord. The Radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference^ r A Sector is any part of a circle bounded by an arc and its two radii. . A Semicircle is half a circle.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 872 pages
...ciecwnferen.cc, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within, called its centre ; the radiut of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the cirevident and indubitable demonstration. The science of geometry is distinguished into the theoretical... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1858 - 350 pages
...any part of the circumference of a circle. A Chord is a right line joining the extremities of an arc. The Radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference. A Semidrcle is half a circle. A Quadrant is a quarter of a circle. A Secant is a line that cuts a circle,... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Plane trigonometry - 1864 - 324 pages
...into 60 equal parts, called minutes ('), and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ( "). 34. The RADIUS of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; as C B. All radii of the same circle are equal. 35. The DIAMETER of a circle is a line drawn through the... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 332 pages
...equidistant from a point within, called its Centre. The circumference is sometimes called the Periphery. The Radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference. The Diameter of a circle is a line drawn through the centre, and terminating at the circumference on... | |
 | Gerardus Beekman Docharty - Geometry - 1867 - 474 pages
...within, called its Centre. The circumference itself is often called a circle, and also the Periphery. 46. The Radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference. 47. An Arc of a circle is any part of the cir- / cumference. I 48. A Chord is a right line joining... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...of a circle is a line passing through the centre and terminated by the circumference ; as AC. TJie Radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; hence, it is half the diameter ; as BE and BD. 404. Given the diameter of a circle, to find its circumference,... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...circle is a line pass' ing through the centre and terminated by the circumference ; as AC. The Hadius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference ; hence, it is half the diameter : as BE and BD. 494. Given the diameter of a circle, to find Its circumference.... | |
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The radius of a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference, as A, B. 
