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" A diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center and terminated both ways by the circumference, as AC in Fig. "
A Compleat Treatise of Practical Navigation Demonstrated from It's First ... - Page iv
by Archibald Patoun - 1734 - 414 pages
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The Elements of Euclid: With Dissertations Intended to Assist and Encourage ...

Euclid, James Williamson - Euclid's Elements - 1781 - 324 pages
...another. 16. And the point is called the CENTER of the circle. 17. But a DIAMETER of a circle is any right line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the circumference of the circle: which alfo divides the circle into two equal parts. 18. Alfo A SEMI-CIRCLE is the figure...
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A Practical Treatise of Perspective, on the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor

Edward Edwards - Perspective - 1806 - 414 pages
...which fuch lines are drawn, is called the center of the circle. A 'diameter of a circle, is a ftraight line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A radius is any right line, drawn from the center of the circle to the circumference, and is equal...
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The Modern Preceptor Or a General Course of Education: Containing ..., Volume 1

John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...called a radius, as CA, CB, CH, and CD, in fig. 22 ; and any right line passing through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference, is called a diameter, as ACD, which is double the length of the radius, for AC being equal to CD, the whole AC must be double...
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The Principles of Plane Trigonometry, Mensuration, Navigation and Surveying

Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1831 - 520 pages
...semi-circle is half, and a quadrant one fourth, of a circle. II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the' circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from the center to the circumference. A Chord is a straight line...
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A Treatise of Plane Trigonometry: To which is Prefixed a Summary View of the ...

Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1831 - 418 pages
...semi-circle is half, and a quadrant one fourth, of a circle. II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from the center to the circumference. A Chord is a straight line...
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A Course of Mathematics: Containing the Principles of Plane ..., Volumes 1-3

Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1838 - 416 pages
...semi-circle is half, and a quadrant one fourth, of a circle. II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from the center to the circumference. A Chord is a straight line...
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A Course of Mathematics: Containing the Principles of Plane ..., Volumes 1-3

Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1839 - 434 pages
...semi-circle is half, and a quadrant one fourth, of a circle. II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from the center to the circumference. A Chord is a straight line...
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A Course of Mathematics: Containing the Principles of Plane Trigonometry ...

Jeremiah Day - Geometry - 1851 - 418 pages
...semi-circle is half, and a quadrant one fourth, of a circle. % II. A Diameter of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center, and terminated both ways by the circumference. A Radius is a straight line extending from the center to the circumference. A Chord is a straight line...
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An elementary course of practical mathematics, Part 2

James Elliot - 1851 - 152 pages
...the transverse axis is the centre of the ellipse. 123. Any straight line passing through the centre, and terminated both ways by the circumference, is called a Diameter, as LM. The Conjugate Axis, or Minor Axis (BD), is a diameter perpendicular to the transverse axis. 124....
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The Elements of Euclid: With Many Additional Propositions ..., Part 1

Euclid - Geometry - 1853 - 176 pages
...straight line drawn from the center to the circumference, 17. A DIAMETER of a circle is a straight line drawn through the center and terminated both ways by the circumference. SCHOLIUM. Thus the curved line ABCDF is the circumference of a circle, of which E is the center, BD...
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