 | Edward Edwards - Perspective - 1806 - 414 pages
...from the center of the circle to the circumference, and is equal to half the diameter. A femicircle is the figure contained by a diameter, and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. A fegment of a circle is the figure contained by a ftraight line, and any portion of the circumference... | |
 | Euclid - Geometry - 1810 - 554 pages
...is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. XVIII. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cut off by that diameter. XIX. " A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, " and the circumference... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...ciicle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both vays by the circumference. 18. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of the circumference cnt off by the diameter. 19. "A segment of n circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and... | |
 | Euclides - 1814 - 560 pages
...segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight " line, and the circumference it cuts off." XX. . * Rectilineal figures are those which are contained...straight lines. XXII. , Quadrilateral, by four straight Hnes. XXIII. Multilateral figures, or polygons, by more than four straight lines. XXIV. Of three-sided... | |
 | John Playfair - Circle-squaring - 1819 - 350 pages
...is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. « XIV. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter...part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. XV. Rectilineal figures are those which are contained by straight line?. XVI. Trilateral figures, or... | |
 | Euclid, Robert Simson - Geometry - 1821 - 514 pages
...segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight line, and the circumference it cuts off." XX. Rectilineal figures are those which are contained...Trilateral figures, or triangles, by three straight linefe. XXII. Quadrilateral, by four straight lines. XXIII. Multilateral figures, or polygons, by more... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Mathematics - 1825 - 1046 pages
...circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 1 8. A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter and the part of a circumference cut off by the diameter. 19. " A segment of a circle is the figure contained by a straight... | |
 | George Lees - 1826 - 276 pages
...circumference. Cor. All radii of the same circle are equal to each other, and to a semi-diameter. XV. — A semicircle is the figure contained by a diameter,...part of the circumference cut off by the diameter. i XVI. — Rectilineal figures are those which are contained by straight lines. XVII. — Trilateral... | |
 | Euclid - 1826 - 234 pages
...circle, and divides the circle into two equal parts. 18. A semicircle is the figure contained by the diameter, and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter.* 19. Rectilineal figures are those which are contained by right lines. 20. Triangles are such as are... | |
 | Euclides - 1826 - 226 pages
...circle, and divides the circle into two equal parts. 18. A semicircle is the figure contained by the diameter, and the part of the circumference cut off by the diameter.* 19. Rectilineal figures are those which are contained by right lines. 20. Triangles are such as are... | |
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A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference. 
