Parts of a circle

circumference
The boundary line or circumference
perimeter of a circle.

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

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

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

chord chord
A line segment that joins
two points on the
circumference, but not
passing through the centre.

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 segment segment
The part of a circle that is chord
between a chord and the
circumference.

arc arc
The part of the
circumference between 2 radii
(plural of radius).

quadrant

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

sector
The part of a circle
between 2 radii. sector

semicircle
Half of a full circle.

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