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Circles
Vocabulary about circles
Term | Definition |
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Circle | a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the center) |
Radius | a straight line from the center to the circumference of a circle |
Diameter | a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a circle |
Area | The amount of space inside the boundary of a flat (2-dimensional) object such as a triangle or circle |
Circumference | the distance around the circle. It is the circle's perimeter. |
pi | the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter |
Formula for area of a circle | A=πr2 |
Formula for circumference of a circle | C=2πr |
Squared | the result of multiplying a number by itself |