Vocabulary Unit 10 Flashcards
1
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Tangent
A
a line that intersects a circle in exactly one point
2
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Inscribed
A
a polygon with all of its vertices on the circle
3
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Central Angle
A
an angle with a vertex that is at the center of a circle
4
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Chord
A
a segment that has its endpoints on the circle
5
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Secant
A
a line that intersects a circle in exactly two points
6
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Circumfrence
A
the distance around a circle
7
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Diameter
A
a chord that passes through the center of a circle
8
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Pi/π
A
an irrational number that is the ratio of C/d
9
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Major Arc
A
an arc that measures greater than 180º
10
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Point of Tangency
A
a point where a circle meeets a tangent
11
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Circle
A
locus of all points in a plane equdistant from a given point
12
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Arc
A
a central angle seperarates the circle into two of these
