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Term | Definition |
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Chord | segment whose endpoint lie on a circle |
Diameter | a chord that contains the center of a circle |
Secant of a Circle | a line that contains a chord |
Tangent of a Circle | a line that lies in the plane of a circle and that intersects the circle at exactly one point (point of tangency) |
Circle | the set of all points in a plane at a given distance from a given point in the plane |
Radius | a segment from a point on a circle or a sphere 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 whose vertex is the center of a circle sides contain chords of the circle |
Center Angle | angle whose vertex lies on the center of a circle and whose sides contain radii of the circle |
Circumference | distance around a circle that is 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 between the two points |
Semicircle | an arc of a circle whose endpoints are the endpoints of a diameter |
Minor Arc | an arc of a circle whose length is less than the length of a semicircle of the circle |
Major Arc | an arc of a circle whose length is greater than the length of a semicircle of the circle |