A chord is a straight line from one distinct point on the circle to another. The diameter is a special chord, the longest one and the only one that passes through the center.
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It is the circle's diameter that is the biggest chord.
The largest chord of a circle is its diameter
If radius of a circle intersects a chord then it bisects the chord only if radius is perpendicular to the chord.
A chord line intersects a circle at two points of which the circle's diameter is its largest chord.
The radius of the circle that is perpendicular to a chord intersects the chord at its midpoint, so it is said to bisect the chord.