 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 : 16.  The First Six Books with Notes - Page 2by Euclid - 1822 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 pages
...contained (or bounded) 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. 1C. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line... | |
 | John Playfair - Geometry - 1855 - 350 pages
...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 .mother and are called radii 12. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 13. A diameter... | |
 | Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 424 pages
...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...centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. [A radius of... | |
 | Euclid, Isaac Todhunter - Euclid's Elements - 1867 - 426 pages
...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...centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. [A radius of... | |
 | Isaac Todhunter - Measurement - 1869 - 312 pages
...a plane figure bounded by one lino 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: this point is called the centre of the circle. A radius of a circle is a straight line drawn from the... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - Education, Higher - 1870 - 350 pages
...round about allusion to it as " a plain figure contained by one line called the circumference, and such that all right lines drawn from a certain point...figure to the circumference are equal to one another?" Why then should we stumble or 'be offended at the use of such terms as " Estopell," "Alimony," " Certiorari,"... | |
 | Richard Wormell - Geometry, Plane - 1870 - 304 pages
...compasses. 43. A circle is a figure contained by one line, termed the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal. If we place one of the points of a pair of compasses upon a perfectly even board, and the compasses... | |
 | 1871 - 800 pages
...plane figure contained by a line, which is called its circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.' Thus the circle, as defined by them, ia ' a plane figure- ' that is, a figure described in a plane,... | |
 | Popular educator - 1872 - 848 pages
...contained or bounded by a canal line, called the circumference or periphery, which is snch that aU straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to each other. This point Kg. 6. Fig. 7. is called the centre of the circle, and each of tho straight... | |
 | Henry Major - Student teachers - 1873 - 588 pages
...A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, called the circumference, such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure 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... | |
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