 | David Allan Low - 1912 - 468 σελίδες
...used it generally stands for " straight line." 2. The Circle — Definitions. — A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another : and this point is called the centre of the circle. . The meanings of the terms radius, diameter,... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 916 σελίδες
...Apus, Musca, Centaurus , Lupus, Norma, and Triangulum Australe. Circle, in geometry, a plane ligure contained by one line, which is called the "circumference"...that all straight lines drawn from a certain point (the "centre") within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. According to this definition... | |
 | Charles Leonard-Stuart, George Jotham Hagar - 1912 - 666 σελίδες
...year, he forgot his glory in his devotion to pleasure. Circle, a plane figure contained by one Hue, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point (the center) within the figure to the circumference are equal lo one another. Circle, Magic, u space... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1923 - 496 σελίδες
...that are rolled up like a watchspring before expanding. Circle ts'.r'kl)> * plane figure con"" tained by one line, which is called the circumference, and...that all straight lines drawn from a certain point (the center) within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another. The properties of the... | |
 | D. Ponton - 1927 - 168 σελίδες
...A Plane Figure is any portion of a plane surface bounded by one or more lines. A Circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another. This point is called the Centre of the Circle, and the straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 528 σελίδες
...no parts and which has no magnitude; (2) a line is length without breadth; (15) a circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference are equal to one another; (16) and this point is called the centre of the circle. Also it began with Axioms or Common Notions:... | |
 | 1838 - 596 σελίδες
...an axiom ? Will Mr Whewell reason as follows? — ' A circle ' is defined by Euclid to be " a plane figure contained by one ' line, which is called the...drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumfe' rence, are equal to one another." How does it appear that ' any line can have such a character... | |
 | 1906 - 600 σελίδες
...circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference and is such that all lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another: 16. And this point is called the center of the circle. It is evident that in the first of these statements,... | |
 | R. H. Warn, John G. Horner - 2002 - 292 σελίδες
...11. A figure is that Fig. 3. which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. 12. A. circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the...point within the figure to the circumference are equal (Fig. 4). 13. And this point is called the centre of the circle (Fig. 4,0). 14. A diameter of a circle... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1850 - 904 σελίδες
...definitions, of a circle and parallel straight lines, point out two errors. (1.) A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all lines drawn from a certain point within the figure are equal to one anotlirr. (2.) Parallel lines are... | |
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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 : XVI. 
