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Circle Vocabulary
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- 1RADIUSThe radius of a circle or sphere is the length of a line segment from its center to its perimeter.
- 2DIAMETERThe diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.
- 3CIRCUMFERENCEThe circumference of a circle is the distance around it.
- 4CHORDA chord of a circle is a geometric line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circle.
- 5TANGENT LINEThe tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point.
- 6SECANTA secant line is a straight line joining two points on a function.
- 7INSCRIBED ANGLEAn inscribed angle is an angle formed by two chords in a circle which have a common endpoint.
- 8CENTRAL ANGLEA central angle is an angle whose apex (vertex) is the center O of a circle and whose legs (sides) are radii intersecting the circle in two distinct points
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- Flashcards on Circle Vocabulary, created by quinton.johnson on 26/02/2015.
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- quinton.johnson · Feb 2015
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