 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1845 - 444 pages
...portion of the circumference of a circle, as ACB, is called an arc. The straight line AB, which joins the extremities of an arc, is called the chord of that arc. The space contained by the arc ACB and the chord AB is called a sec/ment. The figure CAD, bounded by... | |
 | Samuel Edward Warren - Geometrical drawing - 1873 - 78 pages
...have given distances marked off upon them, and may be divided into equal parts. The line which joins the extremities of an arc, is called the chord of that arc. When the arc is very short, its length cannot be ordinarily distinguished from that of its chord. It... | |
 | Ellen Eliza Fitz - Globes - 1876 - 138 pages
...portion of the circumference. An arc equal to one-fourth of the circumference is often called a quadrant. The straight line joining the extremities of an arc is called the chord of the arc. Fig. i. 11. An angle is the difference of direction between two lines meeting (or tending... | |
 | William George Spencer - Geometry - 1876 - 118 pages
...arcs of circles that are not so great as a eemi-circumference are called less arcs. A line that joins the extremities of an arc is called the chord of that arc. "When two radii connect together any two points in the circumference of a circle which are on exactly... | |
 | William George Spencer - Geometry - 1877 - 108 pages
...arcs of circles that are not so great as a semi-circumference are called less arcs. A lino that joins the extremities of an arc is called the chord of that arc. "When two radii connect together any two points in the circumference of a circle which are on exactly... | |
 | Samuel Edward Warren - Geometrical drawing - 1878 - 186 pages
...have given distances marked off upon them, and may be divided into equal parts. The line which joins the extremities of an arc, is called the chord of that arc. When the arc is very short, its length cannot be ordinarily distinguished from that of its chord. It... | |
 | William George Spencer - Geometry - 1881 - 116 pages
...arcs of circles that are not so great as a semi-circumference are called less arcs. A line that joins the extremities of an arc is called the chord of that arc. When two radii connect together any two points in the circumference of a circle which are on exactly... | |
 | Henry Martyn Taylor - 1893 - 486 pages
...175.) DEFINITION 2. A straight line joining two points on a circle is called a chord of the circle. The straight line joining the extremities of an arc is called the chord of the arc. The figure formed of an arc and the chord of the arc is called a segment of the circle. In... | |
 | Samuel Edward Warren - Geometrical drawing - 1894 - 194 pages
...have given distances marked off upon them, and may be divided into equal parts. The line which joins the 'extremities of an arc is called the chord of that arc. When the arc is very short, its length cannot be ordinarily distinguished from that of its chord. It... | |
 | G. F. Burn - Geometry - 1903 - 272 pages
...a circle is a line drawn from the centre to the circumference, and is equal to half the diameter. A line joining the extremities of an arc is called the...chord of that arc. A semi-circle is half a circle. A segment of a circle is the figure contained by an arc and its chord. A sector of a circle is the... | |
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When two radii connect together any two points in the circumference of a circle which are on exactly the opposite sides of the centre, they make a chord, which is called the diameter of the circle, and such diameter divides the circle into two equal segments,... 
