 | Edward Olney - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...circumference, but not passing through the centre, as BC or AD, Fig. 28. 53. A Tangent to a circle is a straight line which touches the circumference, but does not intersect it, how far soever the line be produced. 34. A Secant is a straight line which intersects the circumference... | |
 | Edward Olney - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 270
...the circle included between the chord and its arc, as A»iD, is a SEGMENT. 53. A Tangent to a circle is a straight line which touches the circumference, but does not intersect it, how far soever the line be produced. 54. A Secant is a straight line which intersects the circumference... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...of the circle enclosed by two radii and the arc which they intercept, as A С B, Fig. 2. 170. DEF. A Tangent is a straight line which touches the circumference but does not intersect it, however far produced. The point in which the tangent touches the circumference is called the Point... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 266
...of the circle enclosed by two radii and the arc which they intercept, as A С B, Fig. 2. 170. DEF. A Tangent is a straight line which touches the circumference but does not intersect it, however far produced. The point in which the tangent touches the circumference is called the Point... | |
 | Franklin Ibach - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 208
...circle is the portion enclosed by an arc and the radii drawn to its extremities; as, OFM. B E 177. A Tangent is a straight line which touches the circumference but does not intersect it; as, ABC. The common point B is called the point of contact, or the point of tangency. 178. A Secant... | |
 | Edward Olney - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 352
...the circle included between the chord and its arc, as A»wD, is a Segment. 30. A Tangent to a circle is a straight line which touches the circumference, but does not intersect it, how far soever the line be produced. Two circles which tonch each other in but one point are said to... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...as AB. The point at which the tangent touches the circumference is called the point of contact, or point of tangency. Two circumferences are tangent to each other when they are tangent to the same straight line at the same point. They are said to be tangent internally or externally according... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 272
...A secant is a straight line which intersects the circumference in two points ; as, AD, Fig. 1. 213. A tangent is a straight line which touches the circumference but does not intersect it ; as, BC, Fig. 1. The point in which the tangent touches the circumference is called the point of contact,... | |
 | George Irving Hopkins - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 208
...circumference have one point, and only one, in common. This point is called the point of contact, or point of tangency. Two circumferences are tangent to each other when they have one point in common but do not intersect ; ie when they touch each other. If one of two tangent... | |
 | Gardner Chace Anthony - 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 190
...straight line which has its extremities in the circumference, and joins the ends of an arc, as D E. A Tangent is a straight line which touches the circumference, but does not intersect it, as F H. It is perpendicular to the radius at the point of tangency. A Segment of a circle is a portion... | |
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A Tangent is a straight line which touches the circumference but does not intersect it, however far produced. The point in which the tangent touches the circumference is called the Point of Contact, or Point of Tangency. 171. DEF. Two Circumferences are... 
