CIRCLE – is a set of points equidistant from a fixed

point called the CENTER. It is usually named by its

center (e.g. )
PRIMARY PARTS
1. Radius is a segment that connects the center and
any point on the circle. Distance between the center
and a point on the circle.
2. Diameter is a segment that connects two points on
the circle and passes through the center of the circle.
It also twice the length of the radius.
3. Chord is a segment joining two points on the circle.
4. Circumference is the distance around the circle.
5. Arc is part of the circumference of the circle.
• Minor Arc is an arc that measures less than 180 degrees.
• Major Arc is an arc that measures more than 180 degrees.
• Semicircle is an arc that measures exactly 180 degrees. Also
half the circumference of the circle.
• Intercepted Arc is an arc that is intercepted by an angle.

6. Angle is a figure formed by two rays/segments with a common

point called the vertex.
• Central Angle is an angle whose sides are the radii of a circle
and the vertex is the center. The measure of the central angle
is equal to the measure of its intercepted arc.
• Inscribed Angle is an angle whose sides are two chords and the
vertex is a point on the circle. The measure of the inscribed
angle is equal to one half the measure of its intercepted arc.
SECONDARY PARTS
1. Tangent is a line that passes through the
circle at exactly one point
2. Secant is a line that passes through the circle
in two points.
MORE TERMS ON CIRCLES
• Congruent Circles are circles whose radii are
equal.
• Concentric Circles are circles with common
center but of different radii.
• Congruent Arcs are arcs of equal measures
C. Theorems on Central Angles, Arcs and Chords.
1. In a circle or congruent circles, two minor arcs are congruent iff their
corresponding central angles are congruent.
2. In a circle or congruent circles, two minor arcs are congruent iff their
corresponding chords are congruent. In a circle the diameter bisects a chord
and an arc with the same endpoints iff it is perpendicular to that chord.
3. In a circle, a diameter bisects a chord and an arc with the same
endpoints, iff it is perpendicular to the chord.

D. Postulates on Central Angles, Arcs and Chords

1. Angle Addition Postulate The measure of an angle formed by two
adjacent angles is the sum of the measures of the two angles.
2. Arc Addition Postulate The measure of an arc formed by two adjacent
angles is the sum of the measures of the two arcs.
3. Sum of the Central Angles of the circle with no common interior points is
360 degrees.
SECTOR OF A CIRCLE is the region bounded by an arc of
the circle and two radii to the endpoints of the arc.

 
SEGMENT OF A CIRCLE is the region bounded by an arc
and the segment joining its endpoints.

 
ARC LENGTH is the linear length of the arc