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ch 10 vocab geometry
Question | Answer |
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circle | the set of all points that are equidistant from a givien point called the center of a circle. |
secant | a line that intersect a circle in two points. |
tangent | a line in the plane of a circle that intersects a circle in eactly one point. |
point of tangency | intersects a circle at in exactly one point. |
central angle | an angle whos vertex is the center of a circle. |
arc | An Arc is a curved line that is a part of a circle. |
measure of an arc | measure of its central angle. |
incribed angle | the angle formed by two chords that meet at the same point on a circle. |
intercepted arc | the arc that lies in the interior of an angle |
inscribed polygon | a polygon placed inside a circle so that all the vertices of the polygon lie on the circumference of the circle. |
circumscribed circle | all vertices of a polygon lie on a circle. |
locus | the set of all points in a plane that satisfy a given condition or a set of given conditions. |