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A Circle
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The word circle
comes from the
Latin word ‘Circulus’
which means disc
disc.
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circumference
The boundary line or
perimeter of a circle.

circumference
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 centre
The point inside the
circle which is the same
distance from all points
on the circumference.

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centre
 radius
The distance from the
middle of the circle to
the circumference of
the circle.

radius
d
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 diameter
di
The distance across a
circle through the centre
(twice the radius).
radius)

di
diameter
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 chord
h d
A line segment
g that jjoins
two points on the
circumference, but not
passing
i through
h h the
h centre.

chord
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 segment
The part of a circle that is
b t
between a chord
h d and d the
th
circumference.
major
segment

chord
minor segment
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 arc
The part of the
circumference between
two radii (plural of radius).
minor arc
arc

major arc
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 quadrant
Quarter of a circle or a
quarter of its
circumference.
quadrant

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 sector
The p
part of a circle
between 2 radii.

sector
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 tangent
A is a line in the plane of a
circle that intersects the
circle in exactly one point.
The point is called a point of
tangency.

tangent
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