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Circle Vocabulary
Circle description
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chord | A segment whose endpoints lie on a circle. |
| Diameter | A caord that contains the center of a circle |
| Secant of a circle | A line that contains a cord |
| Tangent to a circle | a line that lies in the plane of a circle and that intersects the circle at exactly one point. |
| circle | The set of all points in a given point in the plane |
| Radius | A segment from a point on a circle of a asphere to the center |
| congruent Circles | Circles with the same radius. |
| Concentric Circles | Circles that lie in the same plane that share the same center. |
| Inscribed Angle | Angle whose vertex lies on a circle and hose sides contain chords on the circle. |
| Central Angle | Angle whose vertex is the center of a circle and whose sides contain radii of a circle. |
| Circumference | Distance around a circle that is the perimeter of a circle . |
| Arc Length | A fraction of the Circumference of a circle defined by the arc |
| Arc of a circle | Two points on a circle and the continuous part of the circle betgween the two points |
| Semicircle | An arc of a circle whose endpoints are the endpoints of the diameter |
| Minor arc | Ana arc of a circe whose lenght is less than the lenght of a semicircle of the ciercle |
| Major arc | An Arc of a circle whose lenght is greater than the lenght of a semicircle of the circle |