Tangent

November 20, 2009 at 1:15 am | Posted in Other terms and definitions | Leave a comment

A line passing a circle and touching it at just one point. See Tangent definition

Chord

November 20, 2009 at 1:12 am | Posted in Other terms and definitions | Leave a comment

A line segment linking any two points on a circle. See Chord definition

Area

November 20, 2009 at 1:07 am | Posted in Other terms and definitions | Leave a comment

Strictly speaking a circle is a line, and so has no area. What is usually meant is the area of the region enclosed by the circle. See Area enclosed by a circle .

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