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Circle Terminology
Radius (or Radii for plural)
• Example: OA
Diameter
circle.
O
• Example: AB B
Chord
A C
• Example: AB
Chord
C
• Example: AB
A
Secant
A
• Example: AB
D
B
Secant
A
C
• Example: AB
D
B
Tangent
B
• Example: AB
Central Angle
A
• A figure consisting of
two points on a circle
and all the points on
the circle needed to
connect them by a A
single path.
• Example: arc AB
Intercepted Arc
C
• Example: arc AC
Two Intercepted Arc
D
B
• Example: arc AC
arc DF
C
F
Two Intercepted Arc
D
circle.
A E
• Example: arc DE
arc DC
C
Investigating Measures of Angles
Related to a Circle
• Click on GSP 4.00 on the desktop.