 | Joseph Bateman - Excise tax - 1852 - 376 pages
...side ; and any line drawn from the centre to the cireumference is ealled a liudiua or Semidiometer, A the Circumference, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within it, ealled the centre. Semicirele is equal to one half of a cirele ; and a Quadrant to one quarter.... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - Carpentry - 1853 - 234 pages
...circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from the centre, Fig. 3. The radius of a circle, Fig. 4, is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference. The diameter of a circle, Fig. 5, is a line drawn through the centre, and terminating in the circumference on both sides. A chord,... | |
 | Lucius D. Gould - 1857 - 464 pages
...circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from the centre, Fig. 3. The radius of a circle, Fig. 4, is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference. The diameter of a circle, Fig. 5, is a line drawn through the centre, and terminating in the circumference on both sides. A chord,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | John Weale - Architecture - 1859 - 622 pages
...a square is one of four ; the former being called a trigon, and the latter a tetragon. A circle is a plane figure, bounded by a curve line, called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant, from a certain point within, called its centre. The radius of a circle is a... | |
 | Thomas Kentish (of London.) - 1861 - 372 pages
...The following table exhibits the areas of regular polygons, the side being unity. 112. A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line called the circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a point within it called the centre. 113. A line drawn through the centre,... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1861 - 316 pages
...equiangular when all its angles are equal. When both these are equal, it is a regmlar figure. 45. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a certain point within, called its Centre. The circumference itself is... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Gerardus Beekman Docharty - Geometry - 1867 - 474 pages
...equiangular when all its angles are equal. When both these are equal, it is a regular figure. 45. A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the...from a certain point within, called its Centre. The circumference itself is often called a circle, and also the Periphery. 46. The Radius of a circle is... | |
 | 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,... | |
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A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within, called its Centre. 
