SparkNotes Shopping Cart  |     |  Checkout
Brought to you by Barnes and Noble
Circles
  
 
Terms
Arc  -  Two endpoints on a circle and all of the points on the circle between those two endpoints.
Center  -  The point from which all points on a circle are equidistant.
Central Angle  -  An angle whose vertex is the center of a circle.
Chord  -  A segment whose endpoints are on a circle.
Circle  -  A geometric figure composed of points that are equidistant from a given point.
Circle Segment  -  The region within a circle bounded by a chord of that circle and the minor arc whose endpoints are the same as those of the chord.
Circumscribed Polygon  -  A polygon whose segments are tangent to a circle.
Concentric Circles  -  Circles that share a center.
Diameter  -  A chord that intersects with the center of a circle.
Equidistant  -  The same distance. Objects can be equidistant from one another.
Inscribed Polygon  -  A polygon whose vertices intersect with a circle.
Major Arc  -  An arc greater than 180 degrees.
Minor Arc  -  An arc less than 180 degrees.
Point of Tangency  -  The point of intersection between a circle and its tangent line or tangent segment.
Radius  -  A segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle.
Secant Line  -  A line that intersects with a circle at two points.
Sectors  -  A region inside a circle bounded by a central angle and the minor arc whose endpoints intersect with the rays that compose the central angle.
Semicircle  -  A 180 degree arc.
Tangent Line  -  A line that intersects with a circle at only one point (the point of tangency).
Tangent Segment  -  A segment with one endpoint at the point of tangency of a circle and the other endpoint on the tangent line.
Help | Feedback | Make a request | Report an error | Send to a friend
 
For students sick of scribbling geometry concepts on index cards, SparkNotes Study Cards are the answer.
More...
 
Study right for the SAT II Chemistry test with the experts at SparkNotes.
More...
 
 
Go to top