A straight line that intersects a circle in two places is a chord.
If the chord passes through the centre of the circle that it becomes a diameter.
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A straight line that intersects a circle's circumference at two points will create a chord of which the circle's diameter is its largest chord.
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a chord is a line segment and its endpoints are on the circle. a secant line is a "line" (meaning it is continuous and has no end points) that intersects a circle (in two places if that's not obvious). > > > Beans63
A secant is a line that passes through a point on the circle and the center of the circle. It intersects the circle at two different points.