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Circle Vocabulary -1
Definitions of Cricles
Question | Answer |
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A segment whose end points are on a circle. | Chord of a Circle |
A chord that passes through the center of a center. The distance across a circle through its center. | Diameter |
A line that intersects a circle in two points. | Secant of a Circle |
A line in the plane of a circle that intersects the cirlce in exactly one point, the point of tangency. | Tangent of a Circle |
The set of all points in a plane that are equidistant from a given point called the center of the circle. | Circle |
A segment whose endpoints are the center of the circle and a point on the circle. The distance from the center of a circle to any point on the circle. | Radius |
Two circles that have the same radius. | Congruent Cirlces |
An angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contain chords of the circle. | Inscribed Angles |
An angle whose vertex is the center of the circle. | Central Angle |
The distance around a circle. | Circumference |
A portion of the circumference of a circle. | Arc length |
An arc with endpoints that are the endpoints of a diameter of a circle. | Semicircle |
Part of a circle that measures between 180 degrees and 360 degrees. | Major Arc |
Part of a circle that measures less than 180 degrees. | Minor arc |
Circles that lie in the same plane that share the same center. | Concentric Circles |